Earlier today the Arena Football League (AFL) officially announced the 16 locations where teams will be playing for their 2024 return.
The moment 🏈 fans have been waiting for!
🙌 First 16 teams have been announced ( Watch until the very end 😎)
Whose ready for the AFL's return?!? pic.twitter.com/N92Zz35KFU
— Arena Football League (@OfficialAFL) July 18, 2023
Here’s a quick rundown of where the announced AFL locations for 2024:
- Austin
- Boise
- California
- Colorado
- Chicago
- Louisiana
- Minnesota
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Orlando
- Philadelphia
- St. Louis
- Tallahasee
- Tennessee
- Washington
- West Texas
Some arena football fans were quick to point out that that the AFL locations overlapped some of the NAL cities. And it seems that there was more than just suspicion in the air. Shortly after the news dropped the Orlando Predators social team put out a release announcing that the current ownership group was stepping away from the team.
For Immediate Release: pic.twitter.com/6dTZBQZyi7
— The Orlando Predators (@PredatorsNAL) July 18, 2023
It wasn’t much longer after that the Orlando Business Journal reported that the Predators would be one of the teams that will be returning to the AFL in 2024.
It was expected that we’d see some teams make the jump to the AFL once the locations were revealed, and this seems to be the first to drop. Beyond the Predators, We’ve heard rumors that the Philadelphia Soul, San Jose SaberCats and New Orleans VooDoo would be making a return next year as well.
Which AFL teams would you like to see return when the AFL comes back in 2024? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments below or join the conversation on Discord.