The Las Vegas Gladiators are an Arena Football League team based in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team relocated to Las Vegas for the 2003 season and plays its home games at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, formerly the home venue of a previous Arena team, the Las Vegas Sting. Prior to 2003 the team had been based in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The team was called the New Jersey Red Dogs from 1997 to 2000 and the New Jersey Gladiators from 2001 to 2002. The Gladiators currently compete in the Western Division of the AFL's American Conference.