The Albany Firebirds are a professional arena football team in Arena Football One. They started as an inaugural member of the ill-fated third iteration of the Arena Football League. The team is based in Albany, New York. Home games are played at the MVP Arena. This is the third time the Firebirds name has been used, first from 1990 to 2004 with the original Albany/Indiana Firebirds from the original AFL, and the Albany Firebirds of the af2 in 2009.