1997-98 American Basketball League season

Seasons

1996-97

19967-98

1998

Teams and Alignment

Conference	Team	Primary Venue	Municipality
Eastern Conference	Atlanta Glory	Forbes Arena	Atlanta
	Columbus Quest	Battelle Hall	Columbus, Ohio
	New England Blizzard	PeoplesBank Arena	Hartford, Connecticut
	Philadelphia Rage	The Palestra	Philadelphia
Western Conference	Colorado Xplosion	Denver Coliseum	Denver
	Long Beach StingRays	LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid	Long Beach, California
	Portland Power	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Portland, Oregon
	San Jose Lasers	Provident Credit Union Event Center	San José, California
	Seattle Reign	Mercer Arena	Seattle

Changes

• Long Beach StingRays enfranchised in Western Conference, playing at LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid in Long Beach, California.
• New England Blizzard relocate from Arena at MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts to PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, Connecticut.
• Richmond Rage relocate from Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia to The Palestra in Philadelphia and renamed Philadelphia Rage.

Regular Season Results

Conference	Team	W	L	GB
Eastern Conference
Western Conference

Postseason Results

Team (Best-of-Three)		Team (Best-of-Five)		Champions

Special Event Venues

Event	Away	Score	Home
ABL All-Star Game	Western Conference	81-65	Eastern Conference

Markets and Venues

Combined Statistical Area	Metropolitan Statistical Area	Metropolitan Division	County / Equivalent	Municipality	Venue	Team / Event	Regular	Postseason	Total
Atlanta--Athens-Clarke County--Sandy Springs, GA-AL Combined Statistical Area	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Division	Fulton County, Georgia	Atlanta	Forbes Arena	Atlanta Glory
					Georgia State Sports Arena	Atlanta Glory
Columbus-Marion-Zanesville, OH Combined Statistical Area	Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area		Franklin County, Ohio	Columbus, Ohio	Battelle Hall	Columbus Quest
Denver-Aurora-Greeley, CO Combined Statistical Area	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area		Denver County, Colorado	Denver	Denver Coliseum	Colorado Xplosion
					McNichols Sports Arena	Colorado Xplosion
New Haven-Hartford-Waterbury, CT Combined Statistical Area	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan Statistical Area		Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut	Hartford, Connecticut	PeoplesBank Arena	New England Blizzard
						ABL All-Star Game
Portland-Vancouver-Salem, OR-WA Combined Statistical Area	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Multnomah County, Oregon	Portland, Oregon	Veterans Memorial Coliseum	Portland Power
Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area			Richmond, Virginia		Richmond Coliseum	Richmond Rage
					Robins Center	Richmond Rage
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Santa Clara County, California	San José, California	Provident Credit Union Event Center	San Jose Lasers
Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area	Seattle-Bellevue-Kent, WA Metropolitan Division	King County, Washington	Seattle	Mercer Arena	Seattle Reign
Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Combined Statistical Area	Springfield, MA Metropolitan Statistical Area		Hampden County, Massachusetts	Springfield, Massachusetts	Arena at MassMutual Center	New England Blizzard
Total