facing weak business support and the lowest average attendance per game in the entire cba (at ohio expo center coliseum), the horizon announced in march 1994 that it would leave town. the horizon had averaged 2,600 fans in its first two seasons, 2,900 in its third season but that dropped to 1,700 in the 5,003-seat ohio expo center coliseum. it was also reported that the franchise had lost $2.5 million in columbus and had a debt of about $1 million. the franchise departed columbus and moved to shreveport, louisiana for the 1999–2000 season.