DFL Commissioner Kyle Fitzgerald has selected St. Louis as the host city for the league’s Season 6 championship, placing the DFL’s season-ending game at The Dome at America’s Center on Sunday, September 13, at 7:00 PM ET.

The announcement makes St. Louis the neutral-site setting for the championship of the DFL’s largest season so far. The league expanded to 12 teams for Season 6 and introduced a 14-game regular season divided across the Commonwealth and National Conferences.

Fitzgerald, a Republican, described St. Louis as a strong football market and said the dome offers a championship-ready venue in a neutral market. The Commissioner’s Office said it was bringing the DFL Championship to St. Louis for the first time.

The release did not provide details about how St. Louis was selected, whether other locations were considered, or what standards were used to make the host-city decision. It also did not identify the teams that will play in the game, as the participants will be determined after the regular season concludes September 6 and the playoff round is completed.

The Dome at America’s Center will make its full football capacity available for the contest, approximately 67,000 seats, according to the league. That capacity gives the DFL a large stage for a championship intended to draw fans from across the country as the league seeks to build on its broadened national footprint.

The decision places an expanding professional league in a city long associated with football, while putting the practical demands of a neutral-site title game on Fitzgerald’s office. A championship venue must do more than supply seats and a recognizable setting; it must offer players, owners and supporters a well-organized event worthy of the league’s biggest game.

The DFL’s announcement emphasizes the scale of Season 6 and the ambition behind the St. Louis choice. But the league has not publicly outlined the decision-making behind the site selection, leaving fans and local stakeholders without a fuller account of how the venue was chosen for its signature event.

For now, the confirmed development is that the DFL title game is scheduled for St. Louis on September 13. The postseason winners will determine the championship matchup, while Fitzgerald’s office will be responsible for delivering the league’s expanding audience a credible national showcase.