Los Angeles Kiss The Los Angeles Kiss ( stylized as LA KISS ) are a professional arena football team based in Los Angeles , California . They are currently members of the West Division of the National Conference of the Arena Football League ( AFL ) . The Kiss joined the AFL as an expansion team after Los Angeles ' previous franchise ( Los Angeles Avengers ) did not return as a part of Arena Football 1 . The team ' s ownership is a group of Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley , members of rock band Kiss , as well as their manager Doc McGhee . The team plays its home games at the Honda Center in nearby Anaheim , which they share with the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League . History . Southern California ' s prior AFL history . The Kiss is the third AFL team to represent Los Angeles , the fourth to represent Southern California , and the second to play at the Honda Center . Los Angeles ' first AFL team was the Los Angeles Cobras , which called the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena home for the team ' s only season of 1988 , in which they finished 5 – 6 – 1 , making the playoffs but losing to the Chicago Bruisers in the first round . Eight years later , the Anaheim Piranhas moved from Las Vegas , beginning play for the 1996 season at the Honda Center ( known as the Arrowhead Pond at the time ) . Their first season saw them finish 9 – 5 and make the playoffs ( losing to the Tampa Bay Storm in the first round ) , but their second season saw them finish 2 – 12 and fold after year ' s end , most likely because of their owner , C . David Baker , being named the AFL ' s commissioner and wanting to focus on that . However , perhaps Los Angeles ' most notable foray into arena football was the Los Angeles Avengers , which called the Staples Center home during their nine - year run from 2000 until the league ' s suspension of operations in 2008 . During that time , the team made five playoff appearances and won one division title ( in 2005 ) , though only winning one of those playoff games . Kiss arrives . On August 15 , 2013 , it was announced that Kiss ( who performed at halftime of ArenaBowl XXVI ) had purchased a share of an AFL expansion team set to begin play in 2014 . Kiss lead members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley , their manager Doc McGhee , and league veteran Brett Bouchy jointly own the team . Both Simmons and Stanley are known fans of the AFL , and they look forward to bringing an experience like no other in the AFL in specific or sports in general . On September 10 , 2013 , the Kiss began assembling their first roster , trading their first pick in the dispersal draft of Chicago Rush and Utah Blaze players , to the Iowa Barnstormers in exchange for quarterback J . J . Raterink . With their 2nd and 3rd picks , they drafted wide receiver Chase Deadder and linebacker Antwan Marsh . On September 17 , 2013 , they named Bob McMillen , the 2013 AFL Coach of the Year , the franchise ' s first head coach . On September 18 , the Kiss hired former Los Angeles Dodgers business executive Schuyler Hoversten as its inaugural president . The games are themed to echo a Kiss music concert : games open with an electric guitar rendition of The Star - Spangled Banner ; there is " loud pyrotechnics and music " throughout the game ; " the Kiss logo is plastered everywhere : on the arena football field , on the end zone and on the flame - emblazoned jerseys in the stands . . . . [ There is a ] Kiss Girls dance - squad in black leather . . . . Through the entire game , scantily clad women dance around poles in cages hanging over the end zones . " The team ' s artificial turf field is also colored in a unique silver color scheme . On Tuesday , August 12 , 2014 , AMC premiered " 4th and Loud " , a reality documentary series focusing on the team ' s inaugural season . Notable players . All - Arena players . The following KISS players have been named to All - Arena Teams :