Denver Aviators

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Denver Aviators
Established 2006
Folded 2007
Played in Denver, Colorado
at the Denver Coliseum
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Denver Aviators logo
League/conference affiliations
National Indoor Football League (2007)
Team colorsBurgundy, Silver, White
            
Personnel
Head coachSchuyler Anderson
Team history
  • Denver Aviators (2007)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Home arena(s)

The Denver Aviators was a 2007 expansion member of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL). They play their home games at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. In their first game, they had a large defeat at Wyoming Cavalry. Their second game was moved to an outdoor game the day of the game, becoming the only NIFL game played outdoors. This game is believed to be the cause of the league collapsing as Wyoming Cavalry showed up for the second game but couldn't play due to not having proper shoes for outdoor surface.[ citation needed ] The Monday after the game, the 9 independent team owners agreed to leave the league for the rest of the season.

National Indoor Football League

The National Indoor Football League (NIFL) was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, AF2, however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL markets such as Atlanta, Denver, and Los Angeles, and AF2 markets such as Fort Myers and Houston. The league folded in 2008.

Denver Coliseum

Denver Coliseum is an indoor arena, owned by the City and County of Denver, operated by its Arts and Venues division and located in Denver, Colorado. The arena holds 10,200 people and was built from 1949–51. The coliseum is located in Denver's Elyria-Swansea neighborhood. It sits where the Denver Pacific Railway broke ground on its Cheyenne line in 1868.

The Wyoming Cavalry were an American professional indoor football team based in Casper, Wyoming. They were most recently members of the Intense Conference in the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Cavalry began play in 2000 as an expansion member of the original Indoor Football League as the Casper Cavalry. The Cavalry became a charter member of the National Indoor Football League (NIFL) in 2001 following the original IFL's purchase by the Arena Football League's Orlando Predators. The move in 2001 also brought a franchise name change to the current Wyoming Cavalry. The team then joined the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA) in 2008 after the NIFL's demise. With the AIFA's presence in the Western United States dwindling, the Cavalry joined the IFL in 2011. In September, 2014, majority owner Mitch Zimmerman announced that the team would cease operations.

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