On the morning of May 6, Premier Lacrosse League co-founder and Atlas Lacrosse Club star Paul Rabil appeared on NBC’s TODAY Show and announced the league’s decision to hold the PLL Championship Series, a two-week fully fan-less tournament starting in late July, instead of its previously scheduled second season.
At the time of Rabil’s appearance, the location of the event was still undetermined. Options in Florida and the tri-state area were among the league’s front-runners. But after the announcement, representatives from Utah’s Zions Bank Stadium reached out to the PLL expressing interest in hosting the tournament.