Central Penn Capitals
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| Founded | 2012 |
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| Current season | 2016 |
| League | AIF (2013–2016) |
| Division | Northern (2016) |
| Team history | York Capitals (2013–2015) |
| Based in |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (2016); (York, Pennsylvania 2013–2015) |
| Arena | Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center (2016); (York City Ice Arena 2013–2015) |
| Colors | Navy Blue, red, white, silver |
| Owner(s) | Isaac Carn |
| Head coach | Andre Coles |
| General manager | Donnie Parker |
| Championships |
(1) (2015) |
| Division titles | (0) |
| Playoff berths |
(2) (2013, 2015) |
| Website | Central Penn Capitals |
The Central Penn Capitals (formerly the York Capitals) were a professional indoor football team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The Capitals played as members of American Indoor Football (AIF) from 2013 to 2016. The club was established in 2012 as an expansion team for the 2013 season when Jim Morris secured the rights to an AIF franchise in York, Pennsylvania at the York City Ice Arena. The team relocated to Harrisburg for the 2016 season season with home games played at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center. The AIF ceased operations after the 2016 season and the Capitals did not join another league.
The Capitals were York's first indoor/arena football team. They were Harrisburg's second such team, the first being the Harrisburg Stampede, which played in the AIF (and its predecessors the AIFA and SIFL) from 2009 until 2013 before moving to Hershey and the Professional Indoor Football League the following season.
In October 2012, it was announced that York, Pennsylvania had been awarded an expansion franchise of American Indoor Football (AIF). The franchise announced the following week that they would be holding a name-the-team contest open to York fans. The finalist of the team names came out to "Capitals", "Patriots", "Renegades", "Independence" and "Colonials", with Capitals gaining 49.2% of the votes to be the official nickname. The team's name refers to the city's colonial heritage, with the Continental Congress having completed the final draft of the Articles of Confederation while it met in York during ten months of the Revolutionary War. York is thus considered one of the first capitals of the United States.
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