The following is a list of
Arena Football League (AFL) arenas.
American
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and
Canadian football is traditionally played outdoors on
grass or
artificial turf
Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commer ...
fields 120–150 yards (109.73–137.16 m) in length. However,
arena football is played in covered climate-controlled multi-purpose venues. The field is comparable to the size of a
National Hockey League rink, allowing for a scrimmage area. The AFL was established in 1987 and featured
arena football teams across the United States until it folded in 2019. In 2014, the average AFL attendance was 8,473 per game. That year the
Tampa Bay Storm averaged the most attendees per game with 11,402. The
Orlando Predators were the least attended team in 2014 drawing an average of 5,421 per game.
Talking Stick Resort Arena was the home of the
Arizona Rattlers
The Arizona Rattlers are a professional indoor American football team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Indoor Football League (IFL). The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team in the Arena Football League ...
from 1992 until the team's departure in 2016, making it the longest operating AFL venue. The smallest venue to house an AFL team was the 5,000 seat
West Palm Beach Auditorium
West Palm Beach Christian Convention Center (originally known as West Palm Beach Auditorium) is a 5,000-seat multi-purpose arena in West Palm Beach, Florida, at the intersection of North Congress Avenue and Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard. It was buil ...
, the home of the
Florida Bobcats
The Florida Bobcats were an Arena Football League (AFL) team based in Sunrise, Florida. They were previously known as the Sacramento Attack and the Miami Hooters, and played in the AFL for a total of ten seasons, the last seven in West Palm Beach ...
from 1996 to 1998.
ArenaBowl IX at the Thunderdome (now
Tropicana Field) in
St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the second-largest city in the Tampa Bay Area, after Tampa. It is the ...
on September 1, 1995, was the highest attended game in AFL history (25,087).
in
Detroit has been host to four
ArenaBowls (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993).
Defunct teams
References
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