Orlando Predators

Orlando Predators
Established 1991
Play in Kia Center
in Orlando, Florida
OrlandoPredatorsFootball.com
League/conference affiliations
Current uniform
Team colorsBlack, red, gold, white
       
NicknamesPreds
MascotKlaw
Personnel
Owner(s)John Cheney
General managerShawn Knapp[1]
Head coachE.J. Burt
Team history
  • Orlando Predators (1991–2016, 2024-)
Championships
League championships (2)
Conference championships (1)
Prior to 2005, the AFL did not have conference championship games
Division championships (9)
Playoff appearances (23)
Home arena(s)

The Orlando Predators are a professional arena football team based in Orlando, Florida. The team is currently owned by John Cheney, and play its home games at Kia Center (formerly Amway Center[2]).

The team was founded in 1991 as an expansion team of the original Arena Football League (AFL). The team advanced to the playoffs 19 consecutive seasons between 1992 and 2011, becoming the ArenaBowl champions in 1998 and 2000 during that span. The team suspended operations after the 2016 season. The original owners of this team acquired the Predators' trademarks in late 2018 after the previous owner, David A. Siegel, allowed them to lapse.[3][4] A new organization led by former Predator Kenny McEntyre launched a second incarnation of the team in the National Arena League for the 2019 season. They moved to the new Arena Football League (AFL) in 2024. Then in 2025, they became inaugural members of the newly-formed Arena Football One following the third AFL's collapse.

  1. ^ "WELCOME TO THE TEAM SHAWN KNAPP!". Orlando Predators. August 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "NBA.com: Orlando's Premier Downtown Sports and Entertainment Destination to be Renamed Kia Center". NBA.com. NBA. December 20, 2023. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "P ORLANDO PREDATORS - Trademark Details". trademarks.justia.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  4. ^ "ORLANDO PREDATORS - Trademark Details". trademarks.justia.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.