ArenaBowl XXXI

ArenaBowl XXXI
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Date	July 28, 2018
Arena	Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore, Maryland
MVP	Arvell Nelson, Washington
Attendance	8,183
Winning coach	Benji McDowell
Losing coach	Omarr Smith
TV in the United States
Network	CBS Sports Network
Announcers	Brent Stover, Sherdrick Bonner and Ari Wolfe
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ArenaBowl XXXI was the championship game of the 2018 Arena Football League season.^[1] The game was broadcast on CBS Sports Network, AFLNow and Twitter. It featured the fourth-seeded Washington Valor and the second-seeded Baltimore Brigade at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore. It was the first ArenaBowl championship for both teams as they were expansion teams in the previous season. Both teams were owned by Ted Leonsis, giving him his second league championship in six weeks following his Washington Capitals team's victory in the NHL's 2018 Stanley Cup Finals. The title sponsor for the game was Bud Light.

The paid attendance was 8,183, the smallest in ArenaBowl history.