 The team came from Evansville, Indiana, after a one-year hiatus and is the second ECHL team for the city of Jacksonville after the Jacksonville Lizard Kings ceased operations in 2000.Jacksonville is home to the Jacksonville Sharks, an indoor football team, who started play in 2010.From 2010 to 2016, the Sharks played in the Arena Football League (AFL), the top indoor football league in the United States.