The California Dream was a WTT team that played at Dream Stadium at Sunrise Mall in

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in the United States. The team was founded in 1993, as the

Kansas City Explorers The Kansas City Explorers were a World TeamTennis team that played at the Barney Allis Plaza in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA. The team also played in Kemper Arena from 1993 until 2001. Following the 2012 season, it was announced that th ...

. After 20 seasons in Kansas City, the team moved to Irving, Texas for the 2013 season and was renamed the

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. On February 23, 2015, WTT announced that a new ownership group had taken control of the Wild and moved the team to

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, renaming it the California Dream. In January 2016, the franchise was terminated by WTT due to noncompliance with the league. Prior to folding, the Dream was the oldest continuously operating franchise in WTT. The franchise won its only King Trophy as WTT champions in 2010, as the Kansas City Explorers.

Team history

The

were founded in 1993, and represented Kansas City in WTT for 20 seasons before moving to Irving, Texas for the 2013 season. The Explorers were 2010 WTT Champions. The

were based in Irving for two seasons. On February 23, 2015, WTT announced that a new ownership group had taken control of the Wild and moved the team to

, renaming it the California Dream. Upon the announcement of the franchise's move, WTT used a simple placeholder

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to represent the team on its

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in lieu of the Wild logo. The new Dream logo was unveiled at the WTT draft on March 16, 2015. There are two basic versions. The version including an outline of a map of the state of California (shown above) is used on both the WTT and Dream websites. An alternate version without the map (shown at the left) is used by the Dream on its

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and

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accounts.

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World TeamTennis official website
{{Sacramento Valley Sports Defunct World TeamTennis teams Tennis in California Sports in Sacramento County, California Citrus Heights, California Sports clubs established in 2015 2013 establishments in Texas 2015 establishments in California Sports clubs disestablished in 2016 2016 disestablishments in California

Team history

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