Colorado Crush

Colorado Crush
Established 2003 Folded 2008 Played in Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado
League/conference affiliations
Arena Football League (2003–2008) American Conference (2003–2008) Western (2003) Central (2004–2008)
Current uniform
Team colors	Navy, burnt orange, beige
Mascot	Crusher
Personnel
Owner(s)	John Elway Pat Bowlen Stan Kroenke
General manager	John Elway
Head coach	Mike Dailey
Team history
Colorado Crush (2003–2008)
Championships
League championships (1) 2005
Conference championships (1) 2005 Prior to 2005, the AFL did not have conference championship games
Division championships (2) Central: 2005, 2006
Playoff appearances (5)
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Home arena(s)
Ball Arena (2003–2008)

The Colorado Crush were an arena football team based in Denver, Colorado. They began play as a 2003 Arena Football League expansion team. The Crush played in the Central Division of the American Conference until the Arena Football League suspended operations in 2009. They were last coached by Mike Dailey and owned by a coalition of Denver sports figures led by John Elway.

Negotiations with a Denver ownership group were underway for a future AFL expansion franchise in Denver, but it was unclear whether or not it will use the Crush branding or that of the Denver Dynamite, an earlier AFL team. Like the Dallas Desperados, the Crush's branding is partially based on NFL teams (the Denver Broncos and St. Louis Rams, though to a much lesser degree), which would have given the late Pat Bowlen or Stan Kroenke a potential veto over any usage of the Colorado Crush branding. On July 15, 2015, the Crush name was acquired by the Indoor Football League franchise formerly known as the Colorado Ice as the trademark for the name expired in 2014 according to their ownership.^[1]