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===Sports=== {|class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:1em auto;" |- ! Club ! Sport ! League ! Venue<br />(capacity) ! Founded ! Titles ! Record<br />Attendance |- | '''[[Tri-City Americans]]''' | [[Ice hockey]] | align=center | [[Western Hockey League|WHL]] | align=center | [[Toyota Center (Kennewick)|Toyota Center]]<br />(5,694) | align=center | 1988 | align=center | 0 | align=center | 6,053 |- | '''[[Tri-City Dust Devils]]''' | Baseball | align=center | [[Minor League Baseball|MiLB]] | align=center | Gesa Stadium<br />(3,700) | align=center | 1979 | align=center | 1 | align=center | 2,701 |} [[File:Toyota Center Kennewick 2.jpg|thumb|The [[Toyota Center (Kennewick, Washington)|Toyota Center]].]] Kennewick hosts two professional sports team, the [[Tri-City Americans]] of the [[Western Hockey League]] and the Tri-City Dust Devils (baseball). The Tri-City Americans play at the [[Toyota Center (Kennewick, Washington)|Toyota Center]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whl.ca/schedule/270/217 |title=WHL Network |publisher=[[Western Hockey League]] |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=January 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118145031/https://whl.ca/schedule/270/217 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gofirefootball.com/ |title=Home |publisher=[[American West Football Conference]] |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121163630/http://gofirefootball.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Tri-City Dust Devils]] (a [[farm team]] of the Los Angeles Angels) plays at [[Gesa Stadium]] in Pasco.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.milb.com/tri-city-dust-devils/tickets |title=Tickets |publisher=[[Minor League Baseball]] |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=January 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210102190422/https://www.milb.com/tri-city-dust-devils/tickets |url-status=live }}</ref> The Tri-City Americans were one of the original teams in the Western Hockey League, starting in [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]] in 1966. The team moved a couple times before coming to the Tri-Cities in 1988, most recently being in a suburb of [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]. The team's move to the Tri-Cities made them the first professional hockey team to play in the area and was the catalyst for constructing the Toyota Center.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fowler |first=Annie |title=Tri-City Americans celebrate 25 years |url=https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/other-sports/tri-city-americans/article32084199.html |work=Tri-City Herald |date=September 21, 2012 |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=July 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712214754/https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/other-sports/tri-city-americans/article32084199.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Americans have won the US Division four times, but have not yet won a Western Conference final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hockeydb.com/stte/tri-city-americans-8541.html |title=Tri-City Americans hockey team statistics and history |publisher=hockeydb.com |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303215204/https://www.hockeydb.com/stte/tri-city-americans-8541.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Tri-Cities Fire was an indoor football team that played in a league with three other teams. The team was founded in 2019, bringing indoor football back to the Toyota Center after the [[Tri-City Fever]] went dormant in 2016. The team folded after one year.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/other-sports/article223166745.html |title=Indoor football league considers new Tri-City team |work=Tri-City Herald |date=December 15, 2018 |access-date=January 24, 2020 |archive-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216133402/https://www.tri-cityherald.com/sports/other-sports/article223166745.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/ifl-issues-statement-on-tri-cities-fever/n-5174401 |title=IFL Issues Statement on Tri-Cities Fever |date=June 30, 2016 |publisher=Indoor Football League |via=OurSports Central |access-date=July 1, 2016 |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810050800/http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/ifl-issues-statement-on-tri-cities-fever/n-5174401 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Fire finished their first season with an 0β12 record, the worst in the league.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.americanwestfootballconference.com/stats#/562/standings?division_id=5611 |title=AWFC Stats |publisher=[[American West Football Conference]] |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512004908/https://www.americanwestfootballconference.com/stats#/562/standings?division_id=5611 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Fever won one [[National Indoor Football League]] championship in 2005, beating the Rome Renegades. They went to the [[Indoor Football League]] championship game in 2011 and 2012, losing to [[Sioux Falls Storm]] both years.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3202188 |title=Defense, Coleman lead Fever to Indoor Bowl V win |date=July 31, 2005 |publisher=National Indoor Football League |via=OurSports Central |access-date=September 30, 2015 |archive-date=January 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111114646/http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3202188 |url-status=live }}</ref> Professional minor league baseball teams have played in Kennewick starting as early as 1950 with the Tri-City Braves. Other teams included the [[Tri-City Atoms]], the Tri-City A's, the Tri-City Triplets, and the Tri-City Ports. All of these played at Sanders-Jacobs Field, which has since been demolished.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.digitalballparks.com/JacobsSanders.html |title=Jacobs Sanders Field |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=August 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822234208/http://www.digitalballparks.com/JacobsSanders.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref> The Tri-City Posse preceded the Dust Devils playing at GESA Stadium. The city presently hosts the Atomic City Rollergirls, an amateur [[roller derby]] team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://flattrackstats.com/teams/18372 |title=Atomic City Rollergirls |publisher=Flat Track Stats |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=November 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126125732/http://www.flattrackstats.com/teams/18372 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Washington State University]] occasionally plays [[basketball]] at the Toyota Center.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://yourtoyotacenter.com/event/wsu-mens-basketball-vs-montana-state/ |title=WSU Men's Basketball vs Montana State |publisher=[[Toyota Center (Kennewick, Washington)|Toyota Center]] |date=December 9, 2018 |access-date=January 23, 2020 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316140255/https://yourtoyotacenter.com/event/wsu-mens-basketball-vs-montana-state/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
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