New Orleans Voodoo

New Orleans VooDoo
Established 2003 (Original Incarnation) Folded 2015 (Second Incarnation) Played in Smoothie King Center in New Orleans AFLVooDoo.com
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League/conference affiliations
Arena Football League (Original Incarnation, 2004–2005) National Conference (2004–2005, 2007–2008) Southern Division (2004–2005) af2 (Second Incarnation, as the Bossier City Battle Wings & Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings, 2001-2009) National Conference (2001–2003) American Conference (2004) National Conference (2005–2009) South Central Division (2001) Central Division (2002) Southern Division (2003) Midsouthern Division (2004) Midwestern Division (2005–2006) Southwest Division (2007–2009) Arena Football League (2010–2015) American Conference (2010–2015) Southwest Division (2010) South (2004–2008, 2011–2014) East (2015)
Last uniform
Team colors	Purple, Red, Black, Tan, White
Mascot	Bones & Mojo
Personnel
Owner(s)	Louisiana Arena Football, LLC
Chairman	Dan Newman
President	Doug Harrington
General manager	Brandon Rizzuto
Head coach	Dean Cokinos
Team history
Bossier City Battle Wings (2001–2003) Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings (2004–2010) New Orleans VooDoo (2011–2015)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0) Prior to 2005, the AFL did not have conference championship games
Division championships (3) Southern: 2004 Southwestern (af2): 2008, 2009
Playoff appearances (6)
af2: 2007, 2008, 2009, AFL: 2004, 2008, 2012
Home arena(s)
Smoothie King Center (2004–2005, 2007–2008, 2011–2015) Mercedes-Benz Superdome (2013)

Arena Football League (Original Incarnation, 2004–2005)

af2 (Second Incarnation, as the Bossier City Battle Wings & Bossier–Shreveport Battle Wings, 2001-2009)

Arena Football League (2010–2015)

Purple, Red, Black, Tan, White

Division championships (3)

The New Orleans VooDoo was a professional arena football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The VooDoo was a member of the East Division of the American Conference of the Arena Football League (AFL). They played their home games in Smoothie King Center. The VooDoo were unrelated to an earlier AFL team, the New Orleans Night, who had competed in the 1991 and 1992 AFL seasons in the Louisiana Superdome.

The original New Orleans VooDoo played in the AFL from 2004 to 2008, at which point the league suspended operations. During that time they were owned in part by Tom Benson, who also owned the National Football League's New Orleans Saints. At the completion of the 2008 season, VooDoo owner Tom Benson announced the disbanding of the VooDoo. This led to the termination of operations for the AFL and ultimate filing by the League of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The minor league affiliate of the AFL—af2—continued play through the 2009 season. In the Fall of 2009, several af2 owners: Paul Ross of the Tulsa Talons, Dan Newman of the Bossier -Shreveport BattleWings, and Brady Nelson of the Spokane Shock—spearheaded in conjunction with Brett Bouchy—former owner of the AFL Arizona Rattlers and Orlando Predators—a move to purchase the assets of the AFL out of Bankruptcy. This successful transaction resulted in the reformation of the AFL for the 2010 season. Prior to the 2010 season, the af2 league terminated operations. Several af2 teams chose to move into the AFL, including the Talons, BattleWings, Iowa Barnstormers, Spokane Shock, Tennessee Valley Vipers, and Boise Burn. Prior to the 2011 AFL season, several AFL teams relocated: The Talons moved from Tulsa to San Antonio; the Vipers moved from Huntsville, Alabama to Atlanta, Georgia, and reactivated the Georgia Force; the BattleWings left Bossier City for New Orleans and reactivated the New Orleans VooDoo. Legendary AFL player/coach Derek Stingley coached the VooDoo for the 2011 season and was replaced in 2012 by longtime AFL Quarterback and Coach Pat O'Hara. In 2015—the VooDoo's final season—Dean Cokinos was VooDoo Head Coach. At the completion of the 2015 season, the New Orleans VooDoo ceased operations.

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