Overview

• The Bandits, Blaze, Talons and Volts will play 24 games across 10 cities, starting June 7 with openers in Rosemont, Illinois, and Wichita, Kansas.
• Major League Baseball has made a strategic investment and will distribute games on MLB Network and MLB.com while ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN+ broadcast 18 regular-season matchups.
• The top two teams will meet in a best-of-three championship series at the University of Alabama from July 26 to 28.
• In August, the All-Star Cup will revert to Athletes Unlimited’s original points-based format to crown an individual season champion over 21 games.
• The league plans to transition to a city-based franchise model in 2026 to anchor teams in permanent markets.