Bullfrogs Plan to Stay in League

The Bullfrogs plan to remain in Major League Roller Hockey for the 1999 season, but they currently don’t have a headquarters.

Stuart’s Rollerworld, owned and operated by Bullfrogs CEO and General Manager Stuart Silver, had been the team’s practice facility and site of its offices. It was closed last week after the city of Fullerton revoked its operating permit, citing building code violations and problems with police.

It was another setback for the financially embattled Silver. His roller rink in Orange was closed by the city last fall after nearby residents complained of noise and parking in the neighborhood. And last month, Silver gave up on his attempt to bring a West Coast Hockey League ice hockey team to the Anaheim Convention Center.

But Silver remains optimistic about the Bullfrogs, who have played their home games at the Arrowhead Pond during their six years. He said he has been looking for a warehouse in north Anaheim to put his roller rink and hopes to build permanent offices and a practice site for the Bullfrogs in Moreno Valley.

Stuart Silver and his father, Bullfrogs founder Maury Silver, attended MLRH meetings last week in Alexandria, Va., where they affirmed their pledge to remain in the league when it begins its third season in June.

“They said they were staying with us. We’ve made a major commitment to [the Silvers] to have a five-team West Coast division in place next year,” league President Bill Raue said. From 1993-97 the Bullfrogs played in Roller Hockey International, winning two league championships.