The Recount
The Colts Bolt From Baltimore
It was the evening that Colts followers will (bitterly) always remember. On March 28, 1984, 15 shifting vans from Mayflower Transit, an Indiana-based shifting firm, arrived on the Colts facility at round 10 p.m. Eight hours later, the Colts have been gone from Baltimore and certain for his or her new residence in Indianapolis. The Colts had performed in Memorial Stadium, a rundown facility. When the irascible Robert Irsay took over the franchise in 1972, he lobbied town of Baltimore to construct him a brand new venue. His efforts went nowhere. The Maryland Senate handed laws on March twenty seventh that gave Baltimore the suitable to grab possession of the Colts by eminent area. Fearing that he may lose his staff, Irsay accepted Indianapolis’ supply — which concerned a brand new domed stadium — the following day. Soccer would return to Baltimore within the ’90s, when town lured the Cleveland Browns and renamed it the Ravens. However for a lot of followers and observers, the dramatic occasions of 1984 stand as essentially the most infamous franchise transfer in NFL historical past.
