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| Date | August 17, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | Amway Center, Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Rod Windsor, Arizona
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| Attendance | 12,039 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Kevin Guy | ||||||||||||||||||
| Losing coach | Clint Dolezel | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Andrew Catalon, Anthony Herron, Sherdrick Bonner, Ari Wolfe | ||||||||||||||||||
ArenaBowl XXVI was the 26th edition of the championship in the Arena Football League. The National Conference champion Arizona Rattlers, defeated the American Conference champion Philadelphia Soul, 48–39. The game was played on August 17, 2013 at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, home of the Orlando Predators.[1]
The two teams met one year earlier in ArenaBowl XXV, in which the Rattlers took home the league championship by a score of 72–54. This was the first time that two teams met in consecutive ArenaBowls.
ArenaBowl XXVI's week was produced by Ryan Johnston of InterPhase Entertainment, LLC who was brought on to produce the Gala, the KISS concert at the Amway Center in Orlando the night before the game, and production of ArenaBowl XXVI itself that was seen LIVE on CBS. InterPhase Entertainment, LLC produced the 800 person AFL Awards Gala where KISS gave a 30 minute acoustic performance in their suits, after their new team the LA KISS was announced at a press conference also overseen by InterPhase. KISS' acoustic performance was followed by LEOGUN and Mary Miranda.
- ^ "ArenaBowl XXVI Coming to Amway Center". Orlando Predators. Amway Center. January 29, 2013. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2013.