Don’t look now but the owners of the Sacramento Kings, the Maloof family, are working silently to relocate the team to Southern California beginning next season. If ever the relocation pushes through, it will mark the sixth time in franchise history that the team had relocated. Its started out as the Rochester Royals in 1945 then moved to Cincinnati in 1957, then became the Kings in Kansas City-Omaha in 1972 before finally settling in Sacramento in 1985. It is reported that the team will either be known as the Anaheim Royals or the Los Angeles Royals and will play its home games at the Honda Center, according to News10.net.
“While the Sacramento Kings ponder a move to Anaheim, they may already be laying the groundwork for a name change. The United States Patent and Trademark Office received an application on March 3 by a Nevada corporation seeking the exclusive right to use the name "Los Angeles Royals." Another application filed the same day reserves the name "Anaheim Royals." The city of Anaheim, which owns the Honda Center, has reportedly insisted that any team playing there carry the city's name.”
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