Cleveland Gladiators | |||||
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Established 1997 Play in Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio ClevelandGladiators.com |
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Arena Football League (1997–present) |
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Team colors | Red, Black, White |
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Mascot | Rudi | ||||
Personnel | |||||
Owner(s) | Dan Gilbert | ||||
President | Kerry Bubolz | ||||
Head coach | Ron Selesky | ||||
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Championships | |||||
League championships (0) |
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Conference championships (1)
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Division championships (3) |
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Playoff appearances (9) | |||||
1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016 | |||||
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Arena Football League (1997–present)
Conference championships (1)
Division championships (3)
The Cleveland Gladiators are an arena football team based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, who play in the Arena Football League (AFL) as part of the AFL National Conference. The Gladiators play their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they share with the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association and the Cleveland Monsters of the American Hockey League. The franchise was originally based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and then later in Las Vegas, Nevada, before relocating to Cleveland for the 2008 AFL season. The Gladiators have qualified for the playoffs eight times in their history, reaching the ArenaBowl for the first time in 2014.
The New Jersey Red Dogs entered the Arena Football League in 1997, along with the Nashville Kats and the New York CityHawks. Their ownership group, which was led by New Jersey radio entrepreneur E. Burke Ross, also included several ex-NFL players, such as Joe Morris, Carl Banks, and Harry Carson. The name "Red Dogs" reflected the sponsorship of the Miller Brewing Company, the makers of Red Dog beer. The Red Dogs played at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey.