Editing Laredo, Texas (section)

==Sports==

===Current teams===

====Laredo Heat====

The [[Laredo Heat]] is a [[United Soccer Leagues]] [[Premier Development League]] team. The team's home stadium is the [[Texas A&M International University Soccer Complex]]. The team was founded in 2004. In the 2006 season, the Laredo Heat finished runner-up, yet made it only to the first round of the Open Cup. In the 2007 season, the Laredo Heat were the Southern Conference champions and won the PDL championship. The Heat were on hiatus for the 2016 and 2017 seasons.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Scavuzzo|first1=Diane|title=SABBATICAL FOR PDL'S LAREDO HEAT |url=http://goalnation.com/sabbatical-for-pdls-laredo-heat/|website=goalnation.com|access-date=March 18, 2018|date=December 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318122048/http://goalnation.com/sabbatical-for-pdls-laredo-heat/|archive-date=March 18, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2017, the Heat announced they will be an expansion team of the [[National Premier Soccer League]] in 2018. The Heat recently announced they will also be joining the [[United Premier Soccer League]] for the 2020 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Heat SC Joins the UPSL |website=UPSL.com |date=December 3, 2019 |url=https://div1.upsl.com/news/2019/12/03/upsl-announces-texas-expansion-with-laredo-heat-sc |access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Davis|first1=Zach|date=November 28, 2017|title=Heat SC returning to Laredo in 2018 |url=https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/Heat-SC-returning-to-Laredo-in-2018-12390589.php|website=lmtonline.com|access-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=November 28, 2017 |title=LAREDO HEAT SOCCER CLUB JOINS THE NPSL |url=http://www.npsl.com/news_article/show/861202 |website=npsl.com |access-date=March 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318121528/http://www.npsl.com/news_article/show/861202 |archive-date=March 18, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos====

The [[Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos]] (Owls of the [[Laredo–Nuevo Laredo|Two Laredos]]) are a [[Mexican League]] baseball team based in [[Nuevo Laredo]], [[Tamaulipas]], Mexico. The team splits their home schedule between [[Parque la Junta]] in Nuevo Laredo and [[Uni-Trade Stadium]] in Laredo.<ref name="Spedden">{{cite web |first=Zach|last=Spedden|title=Laredo Approves Deal With Tecolotes Dos Laredos |url=https://ballparkdigest.com/2017/11/21/laredo-approves-deal-with-tecolotes-dos-laredos/|website=Ballpark Digest|publisher=August Publications |date=November 21, 2017|access-date=November 21, 2017}}</ref>

===Defunct teams===

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Club !! Sport !! League !! Venue !! Championships !! Years Active
|-
|[[Laredo Apaches]]
|[[Baseball]]
|[[Texas–Louisiana League]]
|Veterans Field
|0
|1995
|-
|[[Laredo Broncos]]
|Baseball
|[[United League Baseball]]
|Veterans Field
|0
|2006–2010
|-
|[[Laredo Bucks]]
|Ice hockey
|[[Central Hockey League]]
|[[Laredo Energy Arena]]
|2
|2002–2012
|-
|[[Laredo Bucks (USACHL)|Laredo Bucks]]
|Ice hockey
|[[USA Central Hockey League]]
|[[Sames Auto Arena]]
|0
|2018
|-
|[[Laredo Honey Badgers]]
|[[Indoor soccer]]
|[[Professional Arena Soccer League]]
|Laredo Energy Arena
|
|Never
|-
|[[Laredo Law]]
|[[Arena football]]
|[[AF2]]
|Laredo Energy Arena
|0
|2003–2004
|-
|[[Laredo Lemurs]]
|Baseball
|[[American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|AAIPB]]
|[[Uni-Trade Stadium]]
|1
|2012–2016
|-
|[[Laredo Lobos]]
|Arena football
|AF2
|Laredo Energy Arena
|0
|2005–2007
|-
|[[Laredo Rattlesnakes]]
|[[Indoor American football|Indoor football]]
|[[Lone Star Football League]]
|Laredo Energy Arena
|0
|2011–2013
|-
|[[Laredo Roses]]
|[[American Football|Women's Football]]
|[[Sugar N Spice Football League]]
|Uni-Trade Stadium
|
|2012–2016
|-
|[[Laredo Swarm]]
|[[Basketball]]
|[[American Basketball Association (2000–present)|American Basketball Association]]
|Laredo Energy Arena
|
|2015–2017
|-
|[[Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos]]
|Baseball
|[[Mexican Baseball League]]
|Veterans Field
|5
|1985–2004
|-
|[[Toros de Los Dos Laredos]]
|Basketball
|[[Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional]]
|Laredo Energy Arena
|2
|2007–2013
|}

====Laredo Honey Badgers====

The [[Laredo Honey Badgers]] were a proposed professional [[indoor soccer]] team that was founded in April 2013, expected to make its debut in the [[Professional Arena Soccer League]] with the 2013–2014 season. The team was to play its home games at the [[Laredo Energy Arena]].<ref name="pro130418">{{cite news |first=Ryan |last=Bailey |publisher=[[KGNS-TV]] |location=Laredo, Texas |title=Indoor Soccer Coming to Laredo |url=http://www.pro8news.com/sports/Indoor-Soccer-Coming-to-Laredo-203715721.html |date=April 18, 2013 |access-date=May 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195825/http://www.pro8news.com/sports/Indoor-Soccer-Coming-to-Laredo-203715721.html |archive-date=October 29, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="pasl130418">{{cite news |publisher=[[Professional Arena Soccer League]] |title=Professional Arena Soccer League Coming to Laredo Energy Arena |url=http://proarenasoccerleague.pointstreaksites.com/view/proarenasoccerleague/news/news_71084 |date=April 18, 2013 |access-date=May 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515151737/http://proarenasoccerleague.pointstreaksites.com/view/proarenasoccerleague/news/news_71084 |archive-date=May 15, 2013 }}</ref> The official name and colors (black and chrome) of the team were decided with fan participation.<ref name="pro130518">{{cite news |publisher=[[KGNS-TV]] |location=Laredo, Texas |title=Indoor Soccer Coming to Laredo |url=http://www.pro8news.com/sports/Laredo-Names-New-Indoor-Soccer-Team-208034821.html |date=May 18, 2013 |access-date=May 28, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200037/http://www.pro8news.com/sports/Laredo-Names-New-Indoor-Soccer-Team-208034821.html |archive-date=October 29, 2013 }}</ref> However, after several delays the team postponed its launch and eventually ceased operations.

====Laredo Lemurs====

The [[Laredo Lemurs]], a professional baseball team, played their first season in the independent [[American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|American Association]] in 2012 with home games at [[Uni-Trade Stadium]]. They won the South Division in their inaugural season, but were eliminated in the first playoff round. The Lemurs won the league championship in 2015 but ceased operations after the 2016 season.

====Laredo Roses====

The '''Laredo Roses''' were a professional women's full contact football team in the South Texas Sugar N Spice Football League<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sugarnspicefootball.com/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26view%3Dcategory%26layout%3Dblog%26id%3D1%26Itemid%3D5 |title=SSFL News |access-date=June 17, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201101030/http://sugarnspicefootball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=1&Itemid=5 |archive-date=February 1, 2015 }}</ref> that began play in the 2012 season. The Roses played their home games at the [[Uni-Trade Stadium]]. The female players used short-shorts and half-cut jerseys during games.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://laredoroses.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117021421/http://laredoroses.com/|url-status=dead|title=Laredo Roses|archive-date=November 17, 2015}}</ref>

====Laredo Swarm====

Laredo Swarm was a semi-professional basketball in the relaunched [[American Basketball Association (2000–present)|American Basketball Association]]. They started playing in 2015 in Laredo Energy Arena. The team was disbanded before the 2017–2018 season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davis|first1=Zach|title=Swarm will not return this year|url=https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/Swarm-will-not-return-this-year-12292571.php|website=lmtonline.com|access-date=March 18, 2018|date=October 19, 2017}}</ref>

===Stadiums and arenas===

====Sames Auto Arena====

[[File:Laredo Entertainment Center, Laredo, TX IMG 2019.JPG|thumb|With the City of Laredo's approval on July 1, 2018, the SMG-managed venue signed a five-year contract with the oldest local dealership Sames Auto Group. |alt=]]
The Sames Auto Arena is at US 59/Loop 20 and Jacaman Road. The arena was strongly pushed to fruition by former Laredo Mayor [[Betty Flores]] and was home to the former Laredo Bucks. The {{convert|178000|sqft|m2|-2|adj=on}}, $36.5&nbsp;million facility seats 8,002 people for ice hockey and arena football, and up to 10,000 for concerts. It has fourteen luxury suites, four meeting rooms and a private club for two hundred charter members. It was completed in mid-2002 through an increase in the Laredo sales tax of .25 percent. Sports that can be played in the arena include [[ice hockey]], [[arena football]], [[indoor soccer]], [[basketball]], [[wrestling]], and [[boxing]]. The arena has hosted many events such as The Laredo Hunting and Fishing Show, Miss Texas USA, Laredo Home and Garden Show and the South Texas Collectors Exp's Comic Con. Every year, Laredo College, TAMIU, United ISD and Laredo ISD have their graduation ceremonies here. Well-known artists and bands that have performed in the arena include [[Lil Wayne]], [[Rihanna]], [[Kesha]], [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]], [[Flo Rida]], [[Shakira]], [[Enrique Iglesias]], [[Tool (band)|Tool]], [[Aerosmith]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[Elton John]], [[Styx (band)|Styx]], REO Speedwagon, [[ZZ Top]], [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], [[Ricky Martin]], [[George Lopez]], [[T.I.]], [[Ludacris]], [[Cher]], [[Hilary Duff]], [[Monster Jam]], and [[WWE]].

====Uni-Trade Stadium====

The [[Uni-Trade Stadium]] is Laredo's newest baseball field. The stadium is near the [[Laredo Energy Arena]]. The project was approved by the city council and was voted in favor of (with 61.32% of the votes in favor 38.68% against) constructing it with money collected since 2004 by a .25 percent [[sales tax]] increase. There is a surplus of about $15&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lmtonline.com/articles/2008/11/05/front/news/doc4910db428601a924663642.txt|title=Laredo Morning Times; Webb County Vote Totals|website=Lmtonline.com|access-date=August 27, 2017}}</ref> The stadium was home to the [[Laredo Lemurs]] of the independent [[American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|American Association]] from 2012 to 2016. Beginning in 2018, the [[Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos]] of the [[Mexican League]] play half of their home games at the stadium and the other half at [[Estadio Nuevo Laredo]].<ref name="Spedden"/>

====Student Activity Complex====

[[File:SAC Laredo Entrance.JPG|thumb|Entrance to the Student Activity Complex]]
[[United Independent School District]]'s students use the [[Student Activity Complex]] on [[State Highway 359 (Texas)|State Highway 359]] for [[American football|football]], soccer, and [[baseball]]. Opened in the summer of 2002, it has the city's first artificial grass stadium. The SAC was also the home of the Laredo Heat. The capacity is 8,500 spectators.

====Texas A&M International University Soccer Complex====

[[Texas A&M International University Soccer Complex]] (also known as Dustdevil Field and TAMIU Soccer Complex) was built in 2006 and renovated in 2007. The soccer complex is on the [[Texas A&M International University]] campus. The complex has two soccer stadiums with a [[seating capacity]] of four thousand each. The Dustdevil Field is the new home stadium to the 2007 champion team [[Laredo Heat]] member of the [[United Soccer Leagues]] [[Premier Development League]] (PDL) and the TAMIU [[Dust devil|Dustdevils]] women and men's soccer teams member of the [[Lone Star Conference]], [[NCAA Division II]].<ref>[http://www.zwire.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=19159977&BRD=2290&PAG=461&dept_id=473478&rfi=8 Laredo Morning Times article; Laredoans of the Year; LMT names sports leaders Shashi and Priya Vaswani (renovation of the TAMIU Soccer Complex)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102071305/http://www.zwire.com/site/index.cfm?newsid=19159977&BRD=2290&PAG=461&dept_id=473478&rfi=8 |date=November 2, 2011 }}</ref>

====Shirley Field====

The original Shirley Field was next to the Civic Center and R&T Martin High School on San Bernardo Avenue. It was built in 1937, along with Martin High School. Shirley Field was the location for outdoor athletics for Laredo Independent School District and also hosts the annual Border Olympics events. It seats up to about 6,000 fans with additional seating at the 2 endzones. Professional Mexican soccer teams have played various exhibition games here, noting the real grass allows for "better" soccer games. The various sports played on the stadium are football, soccer and track & field events. Major renovations are slated for this historic stadium. In November 2009 Shirley Field was demolished and was rebuilt by the 2011 football season. The total cost of the reconstruction was $12,000,000 and it now seats 8,000 fans and features artificial turf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kgns.tv/news/local/73012197.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302125908/http://www.pro8news.com/news/local/73012197.html|url-status=dead|title=Local|archive-date=March 2, 2012|website=kgns.tv}}</ref>

====Krueger Field====

Krueger Field is in north Laredo and is owned by [[United Independent School District]]. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000 and is used to play football and soccer high school games. It is home to [[United South High School (Laredo, Texas)|United High School]]'s football and soccer teams.

====Veterans Field====

[[Veterans Field]] is a 5,000 seat baseball park which was known as West Martin Field. Major renovation is happening to update the 1950 ball park. Veterans Field was also the home to the five-time champion [[Liga Mexicana de Beisbol|Mexican Baseball League]] team [[Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos]] from 1985 to 2003. Veterans Field is also home to the [[Texas A&M International University]]'s [[Lone Star Conference]] [[NCAA Division II]] Dustdevils baseball team.

====Laredo Civic Center====

Prior to the construction of the Laredo Energy Arena most major concerts and shows were performed at the Laredo Civic Center. The Laredo Civic Center complex has an auditorium with 1,979 seats and a banquet and exhibit hall with 1,635 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ci.laredo.tx.us/other/miscellaneous.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808035357/http://www.ci.laredo.tx.us/other/miscellaneous.html|url-status=dead|title=Laredo Civic Center|archive-date=August 8, 2007}}</ref>