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The Florida Citrus Bowl is a stadium in Orlando located near the city's Parramore community. It seats about 70,000 people, and is best known as host to the Capitol One Bowl, the Champs Sports Bowl and the annual Florida Classic football game between Florida A&M University and Bethune-Cookman University. The stadium opened in 1936 and has been renovated several times since. The Citrus Bowl, which was the home field for the University of Central Florida Knights football team until 2006, is part of a $1.1 billion plan to renovate three widely used facilities in downtown Orlando. The downtown expansion plan also includes a new arena for the Orlando Magic basketball team and a performing-arts cen...
The Florida Citrus Bowl is a stadium in Orlando located near the city's Parramore community. It seats about 70,000 people, and is best known as host to the Capitol One Bowl, the Champs Sports Bowl and the annual Florida Classic football game between Florida A&M University and Bethune-Cookman University. The stadium opened in 1936 and has been renovated several times since. The Citrus Bowl, which was the home field for the University of Central Florida Knights football team until 2006, is part of a $1.1 billion plan to renovate three widely used facilities in downtown Orlando. The downtown expansion plan also includes a new arena for the Orlando Magic basketball team and a performing-arts center. The Citrus Bowl is also a popular site for concerts and other large community events.
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College football's latest move could hurt Orlando's bowl future
The decision by the Southeastern Conference and Big 12 to form a new bowl game made waves throughout the college-football landscape Friday. Those waves have down all the way to Orlando. The Capital One Bowl, which plays its games at the Florida Citrus...Tags: University of Central Florida Knights, Bowl Championship Series, Harry Potter (fictional character), The New York Times, Rose Bowl Game
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Mike Bianchi: Orlando's dumpy Citrus Bowl has no chance at SEC-Big 12 mega-game
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The Southeastern Conference and the Big 12 announced Friday the formation of a new bowl game that will pit the champions of the two conferences against each other at a site to be named later. It will be an annual...Tags: Science and Technology, Barack Obama, Space Programs, Darrelle Revis, Big 12 Conference
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College-football scandals pale in comparison to FAMU band case
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Sadly, the FAMU band-hazing death that took place during last year's Florida Classic at the Florida Citrus Bowl is, tragically, turning into the biggest intercollegiate-sports scandal this state has ever seen. Band...Tags: Bowl Championship Series, South Florida Bulls, Craig Ferguson, Orlando Magic, Amare Stoudemire
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Citrus Bowl renovation is stalled — here's why
A $175 million Florida Citrus Bowl renovation is stalled. The recession brought drops in property values, a tougher bond market and a credit downgrade, so the city's downtown redevelopment agency that was supposed to issue bonds for the project is...Tags: Bonds, Amway Center
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Mayors Jacobs, Dyer clash over style, Citrus Bowl
Tensions are running high between two of Central Florida's most powerful politicians: Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer.
Even at its peak, their relationship could best be described as strained. But during the past week it...Tags: Orlando, Teresa Jacobs, Religion and Belief, Orange County (Florida), Local Elections
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Use hotel taxes where needed — not just to lure tourists
Watching the fight between the convention center and Florida Citrus Bowl is like watching Animal Planet, where ravenous beasts battle over a wounded elk.
On one side is the convention crowd — hoteliers and tourism execs who've already built one...Tags: Orlando, Crime, Law and Justice, Orlando Hotels, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Orlando City's soccer players get kick out of social media
On the day of the NCAA men's college basketball title game last month, Rob Valentino tweeted in disbelief to 425 followers that teammate John Rooney was going to win the Orlando City Soccer Club's bracket pool.
The funny thing is that Rooney (@...Tags: Basketball, Sports, Twitter, Inc., Facebook, Soccer
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Jacobs: Fix convention center before Citrus Bowl upgrades
Mayor Teresa Jacobs wants to triple spending to maintain the Orange County Convention Center, a plan that Florida Citrus Bowl boosters fear would dash hope of using tourist taxes to upgrade the 76-year-old stadium anytime soon.
A projected $175 million,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Teresa Jacobs, Buddy Dyer, Amway Center, Florida Classic
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Orange students can get free sports physicals tomorrow
Sentinel School Zone - Orlando SentinelOrange County students can get a free sports physical tomorrow during an event being organized by the Florida Citrus Sports Foundation, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church and Florida Hospital. The physicals, required to participate in public-school... -
Orlando Calling could return in '13
Orlando Calling won't be returning in 2012, but organizers offer hope that it might be back next year. The two-day music festival at the Florida Citrus Bowl in November included performances by indie-rock superstars the Killers, classic-rock heroes Bob...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Music, Festive Events, Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, Buddy Dyer
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Disney Pro Soccer Classic: Orlando City acquisition shows promise
When Orlando City Soccer Club coach Adrian Heath spoke with Premiere League Stoke City manager Tony Pulis, he heard something that caught his attention.
Pulis' son, Anthony, was considering playing in the United States.
"He said he was seriously...Tags: Toronto FC, Philadelphia Union, Sports, Soccer, Major League Soccer
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With Hitt at helm, UCF has thrived
There aren't too many genuine leaders in these parts.
John Hitt is one of them.
In 1992, when Hitt took over the University of Central Florida, the school had 21,000 students.
Now it's one of the largest in America, with more than 58,000.
But it...Tags: University of Central Florida Knights, University of Maryland, College Park, Sports, Football, University of Florida
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