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| Founded | 2009 |
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| Folded | 2012 |
| Based in | Virginia Beach, Virginia |
| Home stadium |
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| Owner(s) | Bill Mayer[1] |
| Colors | Cardinal red, navy blue, gray |
| League titles | |
The Virginia Destroyers were a professional American football team based in Virginia Beach, Virginia. They began play in the United Football League (UFL) in the 2011 season. They played their home games at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex.
The team succeeded the Florida Tuskers, a charter UFL franchise based in Orlando, Florida, from 2009 to 2010. The Tuskers appeared in the first two UFL championship games, losing both to the Las Vegas Locomotives. In 2010, the league suspended the Tuskers' operations and moved the remnants of the team to Virginia Beach to assume the identity (and some executive staff) of a previously announced expansion team that was to begin play in 2011.[2][3]
The Destroyers' business license expired on March 1, 2013; the team had effectively ceased operations several weeks earlier.[4]
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