St. Louis Spirits

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St. Louis Spirits were a short-lived American Basketball Association (ABA) franchise from the 1970s, best known for their colorful history and one of the most lucrative TV-rights deals in sports history.

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St. Louis Spirits canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf basketball team ⓘ
defunct basketball team ⓘ
abbreviation STL ⓘ
basedInMetropolitanArea St. Louis metropolitan area ⓘ
category defunct ABA teams ⓘ
city St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
coach Bob MacKinnon ⓘ
Joe Mullaney ⓘ
Rod Thorn ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1976 ⓘ
division ABA Eastern Division ⓘ
era 1970s ⓘ
founded 1974 ⓘ
homeVenue St. Louis Arena ⓘ
league American Basketball Association ⓘ
mediaCoverage subject of books and documentaries about ABA history ⓘ
nickname Spirits of St. Louis ⓘ
notableBroadcaster Bob Costas ⓘ
notableFor colorful team history ⓘ
lucrative ABA–NBA television rights deal ⓘ
notablePlayer Don Chaney ⓘ
Gus Gerard ⓘ
Marvin Barnes ⓘ
Maurice Lucas ⓘ
Moses Malone ⓘ
owner Daniel Silna ⓘ
Ozzie Silna ⓘ
predecessor Carolina Cougars ⓘ
reasonForDissolution excluded from ABA–NBA merger ⓘ
relocatedFrom Charlotte, North Carolina ⓘ
Greensboro, North Carolina ⓘ
Raleigh, North Carolina ⓘ
seasonActive 1974–75 ABA season ⓘ
1975–76 ABA season ⓘ
sport basketball ⓘ
successorInMarket St. Louis Hawks ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta Hawks

none in NBA after ABA–NBA merger ⓘ
teamColor black ⓘ
orange ⓘ
white ⓘ
televisionRightsDealType perpetual share of NBA television revenues ⓘ
televisionRightsDealWith National Basketball Association ⓘ
televisionRightsDealYear 1976 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Don Chaney → memberOfSportsTeam → St. Louis Spirits ⓘ
Maurice Lucas → memberOfSportsTeam → St. Louis Spirits ⓘ
Harry Weltman → employer → St. Louis Spirits ⓘ