HARRISON, N.J. (Jan. 14, 2026) – The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) today announced Sports Illustrated Stadium will host the 2026 PLL U.S. Bank Championship, Sept. 18-20, 2026.
“Bringing the PLL Championship back to Sports Illustrated Stadium for a second straight year reflects the standard we’re setting for our biggest moments,” said Paul Rabil, Co-Founder and President of the PLL. “The venue delivers a world-class environment for our athletes and fans, and the response from last year made it clear this is where our season should culminate once again. We’re excited to build on that momentum and crown our 2026 Champion at Sports Illustrated Stadium.”
This marks the second straight year the PLL will hold its Championship at Sports Illustrated Stadium after hosting the 2025 PLL Championship – league’s most watched Championship game in history – where the New York Atlas won their first ever PLL title 14-13 over the Denver Outlaws.
"We're thrilled to have the PLL Championship return to Sports Illustrated Stadium in 2026," Christoph Schoenbeck, Head of Stadium Events at Sports Illustrated Stadium said. “New Jersey is a hotbed for lacrosse at all levels of participation. Last year’s game was incredibly exciting for fans and we expect to keep building on the success.”
Ahead of the 2026 season, the top four PLL teams from the 2025 season, and all four WLL teams will play in the 2026 Championship Series, February 27 - March 8 at The St. James near Washington, D.C. The New York Atlas, Carolina Chaos, Denver Outlaws and California Redwoods, alongside the WLL teams, will compete in the Olympic Sixes game format, set to return lacrosse to the Olympics at the Los Angeles 2028 Summer Games.
To view the full 2026 PLL schedule visit premierlacrosseleague.com.
About the Premier Lacrosse League
The Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) powered by Ticketmaster is a men’s professional lacrosse league in North America, composed of eight teams rostered by the best players in the world. Co-founded by lacrosse superstar, philanthropist, and investor Paul Rabil and his brother, serial entrepreneur and investor, Mike Rabil, the PLL is backed by an investment group composed of Joe Tsai Sports, The Chernin Group, Arctos, Brett Jefferson Holdings, The Raine Group, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), The Kraft Group, Bolt Capital and other top investors in sports and media. The PLL is distributed through an exclusive media rights agreement with ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, and ESPN+. The PLL was named 2023 Best Place to Work in Sports, and 2020 Sports Breakthrough by the Sports Business Journal, and recognized as a 2021 Best Employer in Sports by Front Office Sports. For more on the league, visit www.premierlacrosseleague.com and follow on social media: Instagram (@PLL), Twitter (@PremierLacrosse), Facebook (@PremierLacrosseLeague), YouTube (YouTube.com/PLL) and TikTok (@pll).
About Sports Illustrated Stadium
Sports Illustrated Stadium is the benchmark in the North American soccer stadium landscape and sets the standard for other venues of its kind across the continent. The 25,000-seat state-of-the-art facility located in Harrison, New Jersey is the home to Red Bull New York of Major League Soccer and Gotham FC of National Women’s Soccer League and opened in March 2010. Since then, Sports Illustrated Stadium has hosted a number of top club and international squads including the U.S. Men's and Women's National Teams, Ecuador, Colombia, RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Chelsea and Juventus. The stadium has also hosted concerts, rugby, football and more. The stadium is structured to create a distinct soccer atmosphere as fans in the front row are just 21 feet from the touchlines. Its dynamic roof is a curving structure that wraps the entire stadium in an elegant metal shell to create an architectural statement of power and elegance.
