Question: What was the original name of the Kansas City league that once featured a team named the Rochester Royals ?

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Past teams
In 1972 , Kansas City gained an NBA franchise , when the Kansas City-Omaha Kings – which had originated as the Rochester Royals , before becoming the Cincinnati Royals – relocated to the city from Cincinnati ; the Kings split their home games between Kansas City and Omaha , Nebraska until 1975 , when the team began playing its games exclusively in Kansas City , shortening its name to the Kansas City Kings . In 1985 , the Kings relocated to Sacramento , California , becoming the Sacramento Kings . In 1974 , the National Hockey League ( NHL ) added an expansion team in Kansas City , [ 1 ] when the Kansas City Scouts began play . The team would suffer due to an economic downturn in the Midwest . For their second season , the Scouts sold just 2,000 of 8,000 season tickets and were almost $ 1 million in debt . Due to their various on- and off-ice disappointments , the franchise moved to Denver before settling on the East Coast as the New Jersey Devils . The Kansas Crusaders won the 1993 Women 's Professional Basketball WBA Championship and the Kansas City Mustangs went undefeated in 1994 .
The Kansas City Metropolitan Area has a long history of sports, which has included national championship teams and championship title events.
Club Sport Years of Operation League Venue Fate
FC Kansas City Women 's soccer 2013-2017 National Women 's Soccer League Children 's Mercy Victory Field Folded and roster transferred to Utah Royals FC
Kansas City Athletics Baseball 1955-1967 Major League Baseball Municipal Stadium Moved to Oakland
Kansas City Attack/Comets Indoor soccer 1991-2005 National Professional Soccer League ( 1991-2001 ) ; Major Indoor Soccer League ( 2001-2005 ) Municipal Auditorium , Kemper Arena Suspended operations for 2005-06 and 2006-07 seasons
Kansas City Blades Ice hockey 1990-2001 International Hockey League Kemper Arena League folded
Kansas City Blues Baseball 1898-1900 Western League  Became the Washington Senators , now Minnesota Twins
Kansas City Blues Baseball 1902-1954 American Association ( 20th Century ) Blues Stadium Moved to Colorado , now the New Orleans Baby Cakes ( PCL )
Kansas City Blues/Cowboys Football 1924-1926 National Football League  Team folded
Kansas City Comets Indoor soccer 1981-1991 Major Indoor Soccer League Kemper Arena Team folded
Kansas City Command Arena football 2006-2012 Arena Football League Kemper Arena , Sprint Center Team folded
Kansas City Cowboys Baseball 1884 Union Association Association Park League folded ; team moved to the minor league Western League
Kansas City Cowboys Baseball 1886 National League ( 1886 ) Association Park Team folded ; players sold to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Kansas City Cowboys Baseball 1888-1889 American Association ( 1888-89 ) Exposition Park Team folded
Kansas City Explorers Tennis 1993-2012 World TeamTennis Barney Allis Plaza Moved to Irving , Texas , and became the Texas Wild
Kansas City Kings Basketball 1972-1985 National Basketball Association Municipal Auditorium , Kemper Arena Moved to Sacramento
Kansas City Knights Basketball 2000-2005 American Basketball Association Kemper Arena , Hale Arena Suspended operations for 2005-06 season
Kansas City Monarchs Baseball 1920-1955 Negro National League ( 1920-1930 ) , Negro American League ( 1930-1955 ) Blues Stadium Became full-time barnstorming team until 1965
Kansas City Mustangs Women 's basketball 1992-1996 WABA-Kansas Crusaders ( 1992-1994 ) , Women 's American Basketball Association ( 1995-1996 ) Municipal Auditorium League folded
Kansas City Outlaws Ice hockey 2004-2005 United Hockey League Kemper Arena Team folded