The Border City Bandits were a professional ice hockey team from Texarkana, Texas.
The Central Hockey League announced that Canadian developer John Barath had been awarded an expansion franchise in Texarkana for the 2000-01 season.
[1] Operating from the CHL’s smallest market, the team was already in trouble by November of its inaugural season, both on and off the ice.
One problem was that the Four States Arena was a converted warehouse that would leak onto the ice with a small amount of rain.
Crowds had dropped from nearly 4,000 to under 2,200; the team had already seen two head coaches[2] and was on its third general manager; and soon the Bandits were no longer paying their bills.