In March 2011, plans were announced for a new arena, the
PPL Center, in downtown
Allentown, Pennsylvania. Demolition at the arena site began in January 2012. In February 2012, it was announced that the
Adirondack Phantoms, a franchise that originated as the
Philadelphia Phantoms, would relocate to the PPL Center in Allentown from
Glens Falls, New York. The franchise originally intended to begin play in Allentown in 2013, but due to litigation over the construction of PPL Center, the team did not play until the
2014–15 AHL season. The purple color used since the team's inception was replaced by electric blue when the team relocated to the Lehigh Valley. ==Mascot==