The 2008 Arena Bowl location was announced on December 16, 2007. New Orleans Arena (Superdome) will host the 50-yard war that Arena Football fans anticipate. Buy tickets for Arena Bowl 2008 at StubHub.com.

NEW ORLEANS - The Arena Bowl, which came to New Orleans last summer as part of the Arena Football League's efforts to help the city recover from Hurricane Katrina, is returning next summer.

This time, officials said, they're coming back because it makes good business sense.

"It's great to have that blind date the first time, but you know you're serious if you go out again," AFL commissioner David Baker said during Sunday's announcement that Arena Bowl 22 would be in New Orleans.

"We were impressed," Baker said. "Everybody who was here thought it was a success."

Baker said the decision to return stems in large part from the city's exceptional fan support for the league.

The local team, the New Orleans VooDoo, was dormant for one season after Katrina hit, flooding much of the city and causing minor damage to the New Orleans Arena.

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"The most important aspect of this is that the (AFL) made another decision to come back to New Orleans based upon the business of doing an Arena Bowl in New Orleans," Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation president Jay Cicero said. "That's a great message that we want to send out to the rest of the country ... around the world, that you can bring your event to New Orleans, it can be successful. People are going to have a great time here."

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