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| Date | June 22, 2003 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Arena | St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Lawrence Samuels, WR/LB, Tampa Bay
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| Attendance | 20,496 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Winning coach | Tim Marcum | ||||||||||||||||||
| Losing coach | Danny White | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tom Hammond, Pat Haden, Lewis Johnson and Marty Snider | ||||||||||||||||||
ArenaBowl XVII was played on June 22, 2003 at the St. Pete Times Forum (formerly the Ice Palace) in Tampa, Florida before a sellout crowd of 20,496. The Tampa Bay Storm earned their AFL record fifth ArenaBowl title, by defeating the Arizona Rattlers, 43–29. The win was just months after the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII, making Tampa Bay the first metropolitan area to simultaneously hold both NFL and AFL championships.