Sacramento Capitals

Sacramento Capitals
Founded 1988
League World TeamTennis
Team history Sacramento Capitals
1988–2013
Based in Citrus Heights, California
Stadium Capitals Stadium at the Sunrise Marketplace Outdoor Pavilion
Colors

Red, Navy, and Yellow

              
Owner Deepal Wannakuwatte and Ramey Osborne, Managing General Partner
Head coach Wayne Bryan
Manager Jayna Osborne
Championships 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007

The Sacramento Capitals were a team in World Team Tennis wo competed from 1988 through 2013.

The Capitals have won six championships, including four straight from 1997 to 2000. The other titles came in 2002 and 2007.

For the 2012 World Team Tennis season, the team returned to play its home matches at Capitals Stadium at Sunrise Mall. In previous years, they called the following venues home: The Westfield Galleria at Roseville, Gold River Racquet Club in Gold River, and the original ARCO Arena in the Natomas area.

Move to Las Vegas

On February 4, 2014, the Capitals, after 28 seasons in Sacramento, announced their move to Las Vegas. The team was renamed the Las Vegas Neon.[1][2] The new Las Vegas team was shut down a few weeks later, before it even started after owner Deepal Wannakuwatte was arrested for running a Ponzi scheme.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dale Kasler (January 13, 2016). "Sacramento pro tennis team folds". The Sacramento Bee.
  2. ↑ "Sacramento Capitals tennis leaving capital to become Las Vegas Neon". CBS Sacramento. February 4, 2014.
  3. ↑ Steve Carp (March 5, 2014). "League pulls plug on Las Vegas tennis franchise". Las Vegas Review-Journal.


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