Michigan Arsenal

The Michigan Arsenal is a professional Arena football team based in Saginaw, Michigan, that represents the Tri-Cities Area. They are currently members of Arena [Football One] and are slated to play their home games at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw.

History

On June 27, 2025, AF1 commissioner Jeff Fisher stated in an interview that AF1 planned on adding two expansion teams in Ohio and Michigan that will begin play in the 2026 season, but that which cities those teams would represent were still being finalized. On October 15, 2025, the league announced that the Michigan team would be called the Michigan Arsenal and that the team would play their home games at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw. It would be the first team to play in Saginaw since the Saginaw Sting of various leagues and the first major arena football team to play in the state of Michigan since the Detroit Drive, Grand Rapids Rampage and Detroit Fury, all of the original Arena Football League.