Waterhouse Centre looking on, the VooDoo ended their second regular season against Orlando with both needing a win to reach the playoffs. With a national television audience and sold-out T.D. In 2005, the team started strong, but later found itself on the wrong end of some close, hard-fought games. The team's average attendance of 15,240 ranked fifth in the league and was a major factor in the VooDoo's 7-1 regular season home record. In their first year, they drew big crowds to their home games as they became the second team other than the Orlando Predators or Tampa Bay Storm to win the AFL's Southern Division. The VooDoo logo consists of a human skull wearing a top hat and sunglasses. The game marked the return of the AFL to New Orleans, where the New Orleans Night franchise had played two seasons in 1991-1992. On Septemit was announced that the Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings were relocating to New Orleans, and would take up the VooDoo name, logo, colors, and history.Īn AFL expansion team, the VooDoo played its inaugural game on the road against the Philadelphia Soul on February 8, 2004. In 2010 it was announced that a franchise would be joining the restructured AFL and carrying on the New Orleans VooDoo name and history. During that time they were owned in part by Tom Benson, who also owned the National Football League's New Orleans Saints. The original New Orleans VooDoo played in the AFL from 2004–2008, at which point the league suspended operations. ey play their home games in New Orleans Arena. The New Orleans VooDoo are an arena football team in New Orleans, Louisiana. Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings (2004–2010)