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Reno Travelers
The Reno Travelers have beaten out Las Vegas for their first professional sports team. With both teams placing a bid for a franchise the "ABA" has deemed Reno with an opportunity to host a team of their own. The decision came down to Reno being a safer environment for family and children and keeping players' focused on the game instead of all the dissertations Las Vegas may bring. Reno's nickname "Travelers" has strong roots to the past when these early residents could pick up business from travelers along the California Trail. To provide the necessary connection between Virginia City and the California Trail, Charles W. Fuller built a log toll bridge across the Truckee River in 1859. A small community that would service travelers soon grew up near the bridge. This nickname is in honor of those first settlers.
The Travelers are proud of their name and in doing so have included a gold accent color in their color scheme since Nevada is still the third-largest gold producer in the world. Ranking after South Africa and Australia. The state yielded just about 7% of the world's supply in 2005 world gold production. The main color for Reno is a plum purple. In order to represent their franchise their logo is also in roundel form depicting a early settler with a coonskin cap. The home jersey is white with purple pin stripes in an old western word mark found across the chest. The road features the style script styling reading "Reno" with sleeve stripes and a v neck collar. Both jerseys feature the Traveler's logo. The caps have an "R" for Reno and are plum with a gold button.
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