page_title: Worcester Wolves
section_title: New arena, new franchise
hierarchical_section_title: Worcester Wolves / History / New arena, new franchise
caption_attribution_description: English: University of Worcester Sports Centre, home venue of the Worcester Wolves professional basketball team.
context_page_description: The Worcester Wolves are a professional basketball club in Worcester, England. The club was formed in 2000, and since 2006 have competed in the British Basketball League, the top tier of British basketball. Since 2013, the Wolves have played their home games at the 2,000-capacity Worcester Arena.
context_section_description: The historic city of Worcester has, until recent years, not had much of a basketball history. Worcester City Chiefs were an active lower league club during the mid-1990s before moving to Solihull in 1996, leaving the city without a major basketball club.  This changed in May 2000 when Roger Clarke and Mick Donovan announced the formation of the Wolves franchise to play at the University of Worcester's brand new £2.5 million 'state of the art' Sports Hall.
caption: St. John's Sports Centre at the University of Worcester, home of Worcester Wolves until 2013.
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