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Dragons Team Formation
Seven out of eight of the teams that were awarded an inaugural team from Vince McMahon are located in an NFL city. The Dragons share CenturyLink Field with the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL and Seattle Sounders FC of MLS.
Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said that “he doesn’t mind” the fact that the XFL will host a team in Seattle and “in fact, if anything…Seattle should welcome the new league with open arms.”
Former Seahawks quarterback Jim Zorn, who was the first quarterback to start for the Seahawks, was named the team’s first head coach on February 25, 2019. On June 22, 2019, the XFL Summer Showcase was held in Seattle’s Memorial Stadium, which hosted about 100 players trying out for the new expansion team.
On June 27, the USPTO revealed that XFL parent company Alpha Entertainment had filed for trademarks on the names Seattle Dragons, Seattle Wild, Seattle Fury, Seattle Surge and Seattle Force. Seattle Dragons were the name ultimately revealed on August 21.
The Dragons schedule was announced and season ticket deposit holders were given seating in September 2019, and the team attended the first XFL draft in October 2019. In November 2019, the team began their training camp. The team logo and uniforms were unveiled on December 3, 2019. The Dragons inaugural game was played on February 8, 2020.
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XFL and Dragons Covid-19 Shutdown
The Dragons inaugural season was cut short due to the 2019 – 2020 coronavirus pandemic and the XFL officially suspended operations for the remainder of the season on March 20, 2020.
The Seattle Dragons is a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. The team is a franchise of the XFL begun by Vince McMahon of World Wrestling Entertainment, a major television network in the United States. The team will play its home games at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. The open-air football stadium has a capacity of over 69,000 and a roof covering 70 percent of the seating area. The stadium was uniquely constructed for sound and has twice held the Guinness World Record for loudest crowd at an outdoor stadium.
Established
2020
City
Seattle
League History
2020 – Present / XFL
Team History
2020 – Present / Seattle Dragons
Nickname
Dragons – The fire breathing dragon is the choice of the new Seattle XFL team.
Championship
XFL Championships 0
Stadium
2020 – Present / CenturyLink Field
Owner
2020 – Present / Alpha Entertainment, LLC
Coach
2020 – Present / Jim Zorn
Retired Number
*Blue is this team’s history