The smallest venue to house an AFL team was the 5,000 seat West Palm Beach Auditorium, the home of the Florida Bobcats from 1996 to 1998. ArenaBowl IX at the Thunderdome (now Tropicana Field) in St. Petersburg, Florida on September 1, 1995, was the highest attended game in AFL history (25,087).
The smallest arena to host an AFL team was the West Palm Beach Auditorium, which could accommodate 5,000 spectators and served as home to the Florida Bobcats from 1996 to 1998. The largest game attendance in AFL history occurred at ArenaBowl IX at the Thunderdome (now Tropicana Field) in St. Petersburg, Florida on September 1, 1995, with a crowd of 25,087.