Editing Atlantic City, New Jersey (section)

==Sports==
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|'''Club'''
|'''Sport'''
| '''League'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Year(s)'''
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|[[Atlantic City Blackjacks]]
|[[Arena football]]
|[[Arena Football League|AFL]]
|[[Boardwalk Hall]]
|2019<ref>Weinberg, David. [https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/local/arena-football-league-teams-suspend-operations-blackjacks-future-unclear/article_aba20229-e4c9-569b-8a7c-5026de9c3c47.html "Arena Football League teams suspend operations, Blackjacks' future unclear"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', October 30, 2019. Accessed November 27, 2019. "The Atlantic City Blackjacks may not be back at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall next season. Ron Jaworski, chairman of the Arena Football League's Executive Committee, confirmed a report in the Albany Times Union on Tuesday that all six of the league's franchises will suspend their local operations."</ref><ref>Weinberg, David. [https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/atlantic-city-blackjacks-done-after-one-year-afl-ceases-operation/article_57f235a8-41ab-5f39-92ad-09c065904167.html "Atlantic City Blackjacks done after one year, AFL ceases operation"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', November 27, 2019. Accessed November 27, 2019. "The Atlantic City Blackjacks are done after just one season in the Arena Football League. The AFL announced Wednesday that it has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and is ceasing all operations."</ref>
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|[[Atlantic City FC]]
|Soccer
|[[National Premier Soccer League|NPSL]]
|[[Egg Harbor Township High School|Silver Eagle Stadium]]
|2018–present<ref>Auble, Kristine. [https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/new-soccer-team-atlantic-city-fc-to-begin-play-in/article_b8f212f9-1cf3-53ae-b830-6d03adf8ac14.html "New soccer team Atlantic City FC to begin play in 2018"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', December 22, 2017. Accessed November 27, 2019. "Hoping to fill a void in the city's sports scene, the Atlantic City Football Club announced Thursday that it will join the National Premier Soccer League as an expansion team in 2018.... The team will play five to seven home games at Stockton University in Galloway Township and will compete in the NPSL Keystone Conference as a semiprofessional team."</ref>
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|[[Atlantic City Diablos]]
|Soccer
|[[National Premier Soccer League|NPSL]]
|[[St. Augustine College Preparatory School]]
|2007–2008<ref>Ralph, Matthew. [https://www.brotherlygame.com/2017/12/22/16808098/national-premier-soccer-league-atlantic-city-fc-south-jersey-soccer "Atlantic City FC gives NPSL a South Jersey foothold Atlantic City FC announced entry into the NPSL's Keystone Conference at the Tropicana on Thursday"], Brotherly Game, December 22, 2017. Accessed November 27, 2019. "The Atlantic City Diablos played two seasons in the NPSL in 2007 and 2008 before folding and the AC Crusaders competed in the NPSL in 2011 and 2012 before heading to the American Soccer League and eventually meeting the same fate."</ref>
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|[[Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies]]
|[[Ice hockey]]
|[[ECHL]]
|[[Boardwalk Hall]]
|2001–2005<ref>Gill, Mike. [https://973espn.com/15-years-ago-this-week-the-boardwalk-bullies-won-the-kelly-cup/ "15 Years Ago This Week The Boardwalk Bullies Won The Kelly Cup"], [[WENJ|97.3 ESPN]], May 16, 2018. Accessed November 27, 2019. "From 2001-2005, the Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies were a member of the ECHL, but like most pro sports teams in the city, attendance problems forced the team to leave the city, landing in Stockton, CA"</ref>
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|[[Atlantic City CardSharks]]
|[[indoor American football|Indoor football]]
|[[National Indoor Football League|NIFL]]
|[[Boardwalk Hall]]
|2004<ref name=PI2019>Hetrick, Christian. [https://www.inquirer.com/business/arena-football-league-atlantic-city-team-20190122.html "Arena Football League team is coming to Atlantic City, and you get a chance to name it"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', January 22, 2019. Accessed November 27, 2019. "The Atlantic City Seagulls, of the now defunct United States Basketball League, played at the city's high school gym from 1996 to 2001. And the Atlantic City CardSharks of the National Indoor Football League played at Boardwalk Hall in 2004 and lasted one season."</ref>
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|[[Atlantic City Surf]]
|Baseball
|[[Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball|Can-Am League]]
|[[Bernie Robbins Stadium]]
|1998–2008<ref>Huna, Nicholas. [https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/the-history-of-the-atlantic-city-surf/article_6bfbe061-44a5-5e78-adca-20c272fe8bc0.html "The history of the Atlantic City Surf"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', September 23, 2017. Accessed November 27, 2019. "May 20, 1998: The Atlantic City Surf play their first game against the Somerset Patriots to a sellout crowd. The Surf lose 8-5.... Sept. 7, 2008: The Surf plays its last game, a 6-0 shutout loss to Quebec in the Can-Am League playoffs."</ref>
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|Atlantic City Seagulls
|Basketball
|[[United States Basketball League|USBL]]
|[[Atlantic City High School]]
|1996–2001<ref name=PI2019/>
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The [[Atlantic City Race Course]] in [[Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey|Hamilton Township]] was a horse racing track that operated from 1946 to 2015.

The [[ShopRite LPGA Classic]] is an [[LPGA Tour]] women's golf tournament held near Atlantic City since it started in 1986.<ref>McGarry, Michael. [https://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/shoprite-lpga-classic-is-thriving-in-four-years-since-returning/article_b64b6a67-e849-5296-96df-732dffc13089.html "ShopRite LPGA Classic is thriving in four years since returning to Galloway"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', May 24, 2014. Accessed September 14, 2018. "The Classic began in 1986 and continued uninterrupted for 20 years. But the tournament ended for three years after 2006 because of a dispute over dates between the former tournament officials and the LPGA."</ref>

===Professional boxing===
Since February 2, 1887, the city of Atlantic City has seen 2,538 (as of September 2018) professional boxing fight programs,<ref>[http://boxrec.com/en/locations/event?country=US&region=NJ&town=20144&offset=2520 Events in USA, New Jersey, Atlantic City], BoxRec. Accessed September 14, 2018.</ref> the first one being one with a main event fight between Willie Clark, 3-0-3, and debuting Horace Leeds, won by Clark on points over four rounds.<ref>[http://boxrec.com/en/date?date=1887-02-06 Sunday 6, February 1887], BoxRec. Accessed September 14, 2018.</ref> During the 1980s, professional boxing activity boomed in Atlantic City, at times rivaling [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], in staging major boxing fights. Fighters who fought in Atlantic City at that era include [[Marvelous Marvin Hagler]], [[Thomas Hearns]], [[Wilfredo Gómez]], [[Jeff Chandler (boxer)|Jeff Chandler]], [[Larry Holmes]], [[George Foreman]], [[Mike Tyson]] and others. Fights included [[The Brawl For it All]], Tyson versus Holmes, Tyson versus [[Michael Spinks]], and [[Roberto Durán]] versus [[Iran Barkley]]. Many boxing matches were held at [[Donald Trump]]'s [[Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino|Trump Plaza]], promoted either by [[Bob Arum]] or [[Don King (boxing promoter)|Don King]].