in april 2004, the cottonmouths management announced their intentions to move their echl franchise to the bradenton-sarasota area in florida. the team, which was later named the gulf coast swords, would never come to fruition as financial setbacks delayed the construction of their to-be home arena. finally, after foreclosure on the arena property and numerous delays, the echl revoked the swords franchise in the league in the summer of 2006.