The Bakersfield Condors will be a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL) which will begin play for the 2015–16 season. Based in Bakersfield, California and affiliated with the National Hockey League's Edmonton Oilers, the Condors will play their home games at Rabobank Arena. The AHL franchise will take the place of the Oklahoma City Barons, joining six other AHL franchises to form a new AHL Pacific Division in California.