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Date | July 27, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Arena | New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Matt D'Orazio, QB, Philadelphia
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Referee | Bill LeMonnier | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 17,244 | ||||||||||||||||||
Winning coach | Bret Munsey | ||||||||||||||||||
Losing coach | Darren Arbet | ||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Bob Wischusen, Ray Bentley, Stan Verrett and Marcellus Wiley | ||||||||||||||||||
Nielsen ratings | 0.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
ArenaBowl XXII was played on July 27, 2008 at New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana (the host of ArenaBowl XXI). It was the 22nd and final championship game in the history of the original Arena Football League.[1] This was the fourth neutral site ArenaBowl in AFL history and the second ArenaBowl in the state of Louisiana. It was the last ArenaBowl before the AFL's economic suspension, until 2010 when the AFL was reformed, continuing on with ArenaBowl XXIII.