The team, now rebranded as the Jacksonville Lizard Kings, promoted themselves in their new city with a substantial marketing campaign, including television ads featuring a goalie catching a puck with a lizard tongue. They faced some competition from another local hockey team, the Jacksonville Bullets, but were able to secure a lease to the Jacksonville Coliseum, and became Jacksonville's only professional hockey team when the Bullets folded in 1996. Despite their advertising the Lizard Kings were not able to cover their operating costs, and lost $2.2 million over four years. The management determined they would not be viable in the aging Jacksonville Coliseum, and decided to suspend operations in 2000 in anticipation of the construction of the new Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. The team eventually ceased operations.
In 2002 a new team, the Jacksonville Barracudas, began play in the Coliseum and secured a contract for the new arena, completed in 2003.[1]
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^Basch, Mark (November 8, 2004). . The Florida Times-Union. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
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jacksonville, lizard, kings, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Jacksonville Lizard Kings news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2023 template removal help The Jacksonville Lizard Kings were a professional ice hockey team based in Jacksonville Florida Formerly known as the Louisville Icehawks they played in the East Coast Hockey League ECHL from 1995 2000 They played their home games in the Jacksonville Coliseum Jacksonville Lizard KingsCityJacksonville FloridaLeagueECHLConferenceAmerican ConferenceDivisionSoutheast DivisionFounded1995Folded2000Home arenaJacksonville ColiseumColorsBlack Green Purple AffiliateChicago Blackhawks NHL Franchise history1990 1994Louisville Icehawks1995 2000Jacksonville Lizard KingsChampionshipsRegular season titlesNoneDivision titlesNoneKelly CupsNone Runner up 1995 History editThe Lizard Kings began play in the East Coast Hockey League as the Louisville Icehawks based in Louisville Kentucky They played in Louisville from 1990 until 1994 but suspended operations after the 1993 94 season and the organization decided to relocate to Jacksonville Florida The team now rebranded as the Jacksonville Lizard Kings promoted themselves in their new city with a substantial marketing campaign including television ads featuring a goalie catching a puck with a lizard tongue They faced some competition from another local hockey team the Jacksonville Bullets but were able to secure a lease to the Jacksonville Coliseum and became Jacksonville s only professional hockey team when the Bullets folded in 1996 Despite their advertising the Lizard Kings were not able to cover their operating costs and lost 2 2 million over four years The management determined they would not be viable in the aging Jacksonville Coliseum and decided to suspend operations in 2000 in anticipation of the construction of the new Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena The team eventually ceased operations In 2002 a new team the Jacksonville Barracudas began play in the Coliseum and secured a contract for the new arena completed in 2003 1 References edit Basch Mark November 8 2004 Hockey s future a lot brighter in Jacksonville The Florida Times Union Archived from the original on October 1 2012 Retrieved December 16 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jacksonville Lizard Kings amp oldid 1173233297, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
