| Lilac City Roller Derby | |
| Founded: | 2006 |
| Metro Area: | Spokane, WA |
| Country: | United States |
| Teams: | Sass (A team - women) Abominations (men's team) |
| Tracks: | Flat |
| Venue: | Pattison's North Roller Rink |
| Affiliations: | WFTDA MRDA |
| Orgtype: | 501c3 |
Lilac City Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in Spokane, Washington. Founded in 2006, the league consists of a women's team, an affiliated men's team, and a supported junior roller derby team. Lilac City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]
Lilac City was founded by Stacie Ellis in 2006, the first flat-track roller derby league in the city, and began competing with leagues from across the northwest in its second season.[2] The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in July 2010,[3] and became a full member of the WFTDA in March 2012.[4]
In 2013 Lilac City Roller Girls relocated their practice facility to a rented warehouse in Airway Heights, and began holding their bouts at the Spokane Fairgrounds, and the Spokane Convention Center for larger events. That year Lilac City added Spokane's first all-male roller derby team, the River City Wreckers as well as a new coed team, the Quad Forsaken.
In 2017, following a reorganization, the Lilac City Roller Girls became Lilac City Roller Derby.[5] Their all-women's team dropped the gap-toothed princess and re-branded as the Spokane Sass. The league includes a Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA) apprentice Sass men's team, the Abominations, and a new Sass junior team, the Wendigo.
Lilac City became a WFTDA member in 2012. As of January 2020, they are ranked #206 in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Rankings compiled by the WFTDA.
In 2011, the league cleaned up a space underneath Interstate 90 to use for practice.[6]