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| Metro area | Phoenix, Arizona |
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| Country | United States |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Teams | Bombshells Brutal Beauties Coffin Draggers Doomsday Valkyries Schoolyard Scrappers Runaway Brides |
| Track type(s) | Banked track |
| Venue | Hall of Dames |
| Affiliations | RDCL |
| Website | arizonaderbydames.com |
Arizona Derby Dames (AZDD) is an amateur roller derby league based in the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area, established in 2005. The league currently plays RDCL ruleset. The Arizona Derby Dames are one of the only banked track roller derby leagues in the world, and a unique experience that can only be seen in Phoenix and a small handful of other cities.
AZDD was founded by four skaters, Suzy Homewrecker (XXX), Joan Threat (50), All The Way Mae (213) and Prima Donna (32). These skaters aspired for AZDD to become Arizona's first banked-track roller derby league. These founding skaters were originally members of Arizona Roller Derby.
AZDD holds one doubleheader bout about once a month (September to May). Between 2006 and 2008, these bouts were held at the Castle Sports Club in Phoenix.[1] In late 2008, the league announced that the 2009 season would be held in the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum.[citation needed] On March 20, 2010, AZDD played their first doubleheader at the Veteran's Memorial Coliseum using a newly designed banked track. The crowd, estimated to be over 4,000, is a record for the league and a record crowd for "resurgence era" roller derby in Arizona.[2] Previously, the last known banked-track events in Arizona were in the 1960s with the Arizona Raiders of the National Skating Derby.[3] In 2013 AZDD began hosting bouts in their own space, called The Hall of Dames.
Arizona Derby Dames became a founding member of the Roller Derby Coalition of Leagues in January 2012.[4]
- ^ "Castle Sports Club - A Recreational Facility for the Entire Family". Archived from the original on 2012-07-08. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
- ^ "Arizona Derby Dames ~ View topic - SEASON OPENER & BANKED TRACK DEBUT - MARCH 20th". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ "Home". rollerderbyhalloffame.com.
- ^ "RDCL Founding Members and Mission Archived 2015-06-19 at the Wayback Machine", Roller Derby Coalition of Leagues]", January 1, 2012