As previously approved by the Springfield City Council, the Springfield Thunderbirds hockey team on Sunday had its logo painted at a major downtown intersection.

Located at the intersection of Main Street, Boland Way and Harrison Avenue, the newly painted logo is another means of promoting the team and city entertainment.

The team recently kicked off its third season since a group of area investors saved the city's professional hockey team franchise in 2016. The former franchise, the Springfield Falcons, was sold to the Arizona Coyotes and moved to Tucson, followed quickly by the investors buying the Portland Pirates franchise to keep professional hockey in Springfield.

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has a painted logo outside the MassMutual Center, at Main Street and Bruce Landon Way.

In a June letter, the Thunderbirds said that more than 200,000 people had attended games at the MassMutual Center in the past year, including nine sell-outs.

Inn addition, the organization hosted more than 2,000 public school students for its complimentary school day game, and made more than 100 visits and activities to hospitals, schools and charitable foundations, featuring players and front-office staff.