Panther City Lacrosse Club

The Panther City Lacrosse Club is a professional mens lacrosse team in Fort Worth, Texas. Founded in 2020, the team became the 14th franchise in the National Lacrosse League (NLL). Panther City Lax will play its home games at the new Dickies Arena in Fort Worth in the 2021-22 season. It is the first time the NLL has expanded into the State of Texas in its 34-year history. On Nov. 17, 2020, the franchise revealed its team name, brand identity and logo. The genesis of the Panther association happened when an 1875 newspaper column written by Robert Cowart, a former Fort Worth resident, was published in the Dallas Daily Herald. He wrote about a panther who wandered the streets of Fort Worth before finding a spot downtown to rest. Though the story of a panther wandering the city, and eventually laying down to sleep in the middle of downtown, was intended as a jab at Fort Worths quiet, sleepy and dark streets, the city adopted the offense as a symbol of strength, hope and revival. The l...