Sport | Box lacrosse |
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Founded | 1992 |
League | National Lacrosse League |
Conference | Eastern |
Location | Buffalo, New York |
Arena | KeyBank Center |
Colors | Orange, Purple, Black, White |
Owner | Terry Pegula |
Head coach | John Tavares |
General manager | Steve Dietrich |
League titles | 6 (1992, 1993, 1996, 2008, 2023, 2024) |
Conference titles | 2 (2022, 2023) |
Division titles | 8 (1993, 1994, 1996, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2019) |
Local media | WNLO, WWKB, WGR |
Retired numbers | 4 (11, 16, 34, 43) |
Website | bandits.com |
The Buffalo Bandits are a professional box lacrosse team of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). They play at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York. The Bandits played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1992 to 1997, then in its successor the NLL since 1998.
The Bandits are owned by Hockey Western New York LLC, led by Terry Pegula who also owns the Rochester Americans, Buffalo Sabres and the Buffalo Bills.