Nashville's pro arena football team moving to Clarksville in 2026

Professional arena football has a new home. It's Clarksville, Tennessee.

The Nashville Kats announced recently that Clarksville will host the team’s five or six home games at F&M Bank Arena beginning with the 2026 season.

The decision comes after the team played to a sold-out arena during the Kats’ playoff appearance in Clarksville last season, and a #KeepTheKats campaign generated hundreds of season ticket deposits.

F&M Bank Arena is now the host site for Nashville Kats arena football, Red River Spartans hockey (with the Ford Ice Center), and Austin Peay State University basketball.

The Nashville Kats launched in 1997 and moved to Atlanta in 2002, becoming the Georgia Force. The second incarnation joined the league as an expansion team in 2005 and lasted two seasons. The third and current incarnation has been playing at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium as part of the 2024 relaunch of the Arena Football League as AF1. 

Former Tennessee Titans football coach Jeff Fisher is the team's majority stockholder. NFL head coach Jon Gruden recently joined the team as a stockholder, among others including former NASCAR racer Michael Waltrip.

Ticket and team information can be seen at the Keep the Kats website . Once the 2026 schedule is set, the team will contact season ticket deposit holders for selection of seats.