The XFL is set to return in 2020, and now the reimagined football league has announced cities and stadiums for all eight of their teams.
The announcement was made today by Alpha Entertainment Founder Vince McMahon and XFL CEO and Commissioner Oliver Luck at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Like the upcoming Alliance of American Football league, the XFL will also begin the week after the Super Bowl, except one season later in 2020.
“Kickoff is going to be February 8th and 9th, that weekend following the Super Bowl of 2020,” McMahon said. “We’re really looking forward, once again, to establishing a very exciting innovative form of football like, frankly, we’ve never seen before.”
Before officially announcing the inaugural cities, Oliver Luck answered the question of “what is football reimagined?”
“It’s a game that’s fast-paced, high octane, up-tempo, with a great rhythm, a great flow, with fewer stoppages in play, ” Luck said. “Or, as you may have heard us say, ‘less stall and more ball.'”
Later, the eight cities were announced one-by-one with a representative from each city and venue. Below are the eight cities that will have XFL teams for the inaugural 2020 season:
Dallas
The Dallas XFL team will play at Globe Life Park in Arlington. The stadium opened in 1994 and is the home of Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers.
Globe Life Park has a seating capacity of 48,114.
Houston
The Houston XFL team will compete at TDECU Stadium, the home of the University of Houston Cougars football.
TDECU Stadium seats 40,000 plus has some standing room only availability.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles’ newest professional football team will play at StubHub Center, which is the home of the LA Galaxy of Major League Soccer. It’s also the temporary home of the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers.
StubHub Center current has a seating capacity of 27,000 and has a planned future capacity of 30,000.
New York
The New York XFL team will play at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, currently the home of the NFL’s New York Giants and New York Jets.
MetLife Stadium, built in 2010, has a seating capacity of 82,500.
St. Louis
Professional football returns to St. Louis in 2020, five seasons after the Rams left for Los Angeles. The XFL team will play in the same venue, now named The Dome at America’s Center.
The Dome can be set up in multiple configurations with a seating capacity of 66,965.
Seattle
Seattle’s XFL team will play at CenturyLink Field, which is the home of the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks and Major League Soccer’s Seattle Sounders.
“The Clink” seats 69,000 for NFL games and is expandable to 72,000. The XFL seating will likely be similar to the MLS setup, which seats 39,419.
Tampa Bay
The Tampa Bay XFL team will play at the home of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the University of South Florida Bulls football, Raymond James Stadium.
“Ray Jay” seats 65,618 and is expandable up to 75,000.
Washington, DC
The eighth and final inaugural XFL city is Washington, DC, or simply “DC.” The DC XFL team will play at the brand-new Audi Field, the home of Major League Soccer’s DC United.
Audi Field has a seating capacity of 20,000.
Schedules for all eight XFL teams will be added to the site once they are officially announced by the league.