On September 10, 2013, Kiss began assembling their first roster, trading their first pick in the dispersal draft of Chicago Rush and Utah Blaze players, to the Iowa Barnstormers in exchange for quarterback J. Kiss lead members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, their manager Doc McGhee, and league veteran Brett Bouchy jointly own the team. On August 15, 2013, it was announced that Kiss (who performed the night before ArenaBowl XXVI) had purchased a share of an AFL expansion team set to begin play in 2014. During that time, the team made five playoff appearances and won one division title (in 2005), though only winning one of those playoff games. Los Angeles' longest-running foray in arena football was the Los Angeles Avengers, which called the Staples Center home during their nine-year run from 2000 until the league's suspension of operations in 2008. David Baker, being named the AFL's commissioner and wanting to focus on that.
Their first season saw them finish 9–5 and make the playoffs (losing to the Tampa Bay Storm in the first round), but their second season saw them finish 2–12 and fold after year's end, most likely because of their owner, C. Eight years later, the Anaheim Piranhas moved from Las Vegas, beginning play for the 1996 season at the Honda Center (known as the Arrowhead Pond at the time). Los Angeles' first AFL team was the Los Angeles Cobras, which called the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena home for the team's only season of 1988, in which they finished 5–6–1, making the playoffs but losing to the Chicago Bruisers in the first round. The Kiss was the third AFL team to represent Los Angeles, the fourth to represent Southern California, and the second to play at the Honda Center. History Southern California's prior AFL history
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The team was featured in the AMC series 4th and Loud. The team played its home games at the Honda Center in nearby Anaheim, which they shared with the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League. The team's ownership was a group of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, members of rock band Kiss, as well as their manager Doc McGhee.
The Kiss joined the AFL as an expansion team after Los Angeles' previous franchise ( Los Angeles Avengers) did not return as a part of Arena Football 1.
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The Los Angeles Kiss (stylized as LA KISS) were a short-lived professional arena football team based in Anaheim, California, and members of the Arena Football League (AFL). Valley View Casino Center (San Diego, 2016 Playoffs).
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