Camping World Stadium is a stadium in Orlando, Florida, located in West Lakes Downtown Orlando neighborhood, west of new sports and entertainment facilities including Amway Center, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts and Orlando City Stadium. Opened in 1936 as Orlando Stadium and also known as Tangerine Bowl and Florida Citrus Bowl . The city of Orlando owns and operates stadiums.
Camping World Stadium is home to Cure Bowl, Citrus Bowl and Camping World Bowl. It is also a regular host of other college football games including Florida Classic between Florida A & amp; M and Bethune-Cookman, MEAC/SWAC Challenges, and Kickoff Camping World. The stadium was built for football and in the past, it has served as the home of some of the alternative league American league teams. From 2011 to 2013, it is the home of Orlando City SC, the football team at USL Pro. From 1979 to 2006, it served as the home of the UCF Knights football team (since 2007, the team has played at campus-based and Spectrum Stadiums). It was also one of the nine spots used for the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
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History
Construction at the stadium began in 1936 as a project of the Job Progress Administration under President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression. The stadium was built east of the Tinker Field baseball park, which opened in 1914. The stadium opened later in 1936 with a capacity of 8,900 as the Orlando Stadium. The first college soccer bowl game was played on January 1, 1947. Catawba beat Maryville 31-6 in the inaugural Tangerine Bowl. 2,000 seats were added in 1952. During this period, the stadium was known as the Tangerine Bowl. 5,000 seats were added in 1968, along with the first press box. From 1974-76 the capacity was increased to 52,000. Capacity 65.438 was established in 1989, after a $ 30 million renovation that added the upper deck. In 1983, the Florida Citrus Department was added as the title sponsor for the facility, for $ 250,000. From 1999 to 2002, major stadium improvements included the addition of seating contours, two escalators, and 107 feet (33 m) whiteboard/video screens. New sound systems, along with two colorful bands displayed along the upper deck, are also added. The expansion produces a top deck that protrudes into the right field field of Tinker Field, albeit at a significant altitude.
Football
Camping World Stadium has been home to some short-lived professional football teams. In 1974, the Florida Blazers of the World Football League played their only season in the Tangerine Bowl. USFL Orlando Renegades played a season in 1985. Orlando Thunder of the WLAF called the Citrus Bowl home in their two-season life during the early 1990s, while XFL Orlando Rage played there in 2001 as well as UFL Florida Tuskers, occupying the stadium for 2 seasons from 2009, before moving to Virginia Beach as Virginia Destroyers in 2011. Fantasy Fantasy from Lingerie Football League moved into the stadium shortly after, having previously used the UCF Arena.
The state football championship of the High School Athletic Association of Florida is held at Camping World Stadium.
Seven premier league soccer games (NFL) have been held at the stadium.
University football teams from adjacent Jones School use Camping World Stadium as a regular season home field for decades until the end of their 2011 season. Schools start playing home football games in their own field starting on August 31, 2012.
Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, was the first college to use the Orlando Stadium later named as the home field. It was played there before and after World War II.
It hosts the 2016 ACC Championship.
The stadium hosts the NFL Pro Bowl in 2017, and will return in 2018.
The stadium hosted the East-West Shrine Game (the longest serving senior bowl in 1925) for two years, 2010 & amp; 2011 before moving to Tropicana field located at St. St. Petersburg, FL.
Soccer
The playing surface is large enough to be used in international football matches, and it was the venue for the 1994 FIFA World Cup. In five games, attendance averaged over 60,000 per match. In 1996, an Olympic football match in both male and female competitions was held at the stadium.
It hosted USISL A-League Orlando Sundogs in 1997. It also hosted Major League Soccer All-Star Game in 1998. The stadium is home to Orlando City SC, the football team at USL Pro League. In 2013, the investment group that owns the club was awarded an expansion team in Major League Soccer. They spent their 2014 season at USL Pro at ESPN's Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista while Camping World Stadium was being renovated.
During the 2013 season, Fifth Third Bank has a naming rights to the field for the Orlando City game. His name during the game was Fifth Third Bank Field in Citrus Bowl.
Orlando City played their final USL Pro match at Camping World Stadium on September 6, 2013. They won the USL Pro Championship over the Charlotte Eagles, 7-4, before the crowd of 20,886. The last soccer event held at Camping World Stadium before the renovation was an international friendship between the women's teams of the United States and Brazil. The US won the match, 4-1, before the 20,274 crowd.
Orlando City, now playing in Major League Soccer, returns to Camping World Stadium for the 2015 and 2016 seasons.
The Orlando Pride, the 2016 Women's National Soccer League team developed by Orlando City SC, played at Camping World Stadium while the Orlando City Stadium was completed.
1994 FIFA World Cup Match
Camping World Stadium is one of the places for the Copa Amà © Centica Centica in June 2016. Three group stage matches are held there, Paraguay vs Costa Rica on June 4, Bolivia vs Panama on June 6 and Brazil vs. Haiti on June 8.
WrestleMania XXIV
On March 30, 2008, Citrus Bowl held WWE WrestleMania XXIV. This is the first WrestleMania held in the state of Florida, and the second is held outside. Nine professional wrestling matches are scheduled for the event, featuring supercards over one main battle. At 74,635, it was the largest crowd, at the time, ever attending an event at the venue.
WrestleMania 33
WWE returns to Camping World Stadium to host WrestleMania 33, which takes place on April 2, 2017. WWE claims record attendance of 75,245, beating the previous attendance record set at WrestleMania XXIV.
More events
- The Citrus Bowl is the site of two Billy Graham Crusades, the most recent of which occurred in 1983.
- During the 1996 Summer Olympics, it hosted several football introductions (football).
- Drum Corps International has hosted its annual World Championships at the stadium four times in 1996, 1997, 1998, and 2003
- The Feld Entertainment Promoted Monster Show is held there annually featuring songs similar to those of Sam Boyd Stadium in 2008 and 2009. The Monster Hour of 2014 on January 25 is the last event held at Camping World Stadium before reconstruction begins.
- The Orlando 5K Road race Company has been based in the stadium for several years.
- The AMA Supercross series holds an annual spring event.
- The stadium hosted the Super Bowl Rock festival during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Remodeling
In 2005, government officials and Orlando-regional officials from The University of Central Florida expressed dissatisfaction with the state of the facility and lack of income, while UCF was the prime tenant of the lease for the facility, it received a minimum income from football matches. A lack of agreement to fix this problem causes the UCF to consider relocating, or spending a lot of money on improving facilities at their own expense. In addition, the stadium capacity looks too big for UCF, leaving the stadium a blank appearance even with the attendance of as many as 30,000-40,000 people per game. The UCF attendance record at all times is 51,978 for C-USA Championship Game 2005 versus Tulsa. Furthermore, the stadium is located more than 10 miles (16 km) from the university's main campus in East Orlando, with travel time up to half an hour due to traffic. In 2005, UCF officials led by university president John Hitt made the decision to build a new stadium on campus, which opened for the 2007 season.
Orlando officials began exploring the stadium renovation project in 2004, when the Capital One Bowl bid to become a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game, but was not selected because of the old stadium conditions. Camping World Stadium also bid for the Championship Acc Championship, but lost to Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. The main reasons for losing the offer are the lack of modern luxury boxes, bench seating, and capacity. The expectations for Camping World Stadium came true when, on September 29, 2006, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer announced an agreement on a $ 175 million renovation from Camping World Stadium. This is part of the "Triple Crown for Downtown", a $ 1.1 billion plan to repeat the Orlando Centroplex with a new $ 480 million new arena for the Orlando Magic, a $ 375 million new performing arts center, and the Upgrade of the Camping World Stadium. Conceptual images for possible improvements include a closed concourse on the east and west sides of the stadium and an addition to the north side that will eventually complete the bottom bowl. The Orlando/Orange County Interlink Agreement was approved by the Orlando City Council on August 6, 2007. However, the plan was strongly influenced by the Great Recession 2007-08.
In 2010, the natural grass surface was replaced with AstroTurf Gameday Grass 3D after the 2009 Champs Sports Bowl and the 2010 Capital One Bowl marred by poor field conditions which caused two injured football players. The stadium conditions were once again asked to review the conditions of the stadium. Finally, it was announced in May 2013 that the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium will undergo reconstruction during 2014, at a cost of less than US $ 200 million. Estimated cost in March 2014 was US $ 207 million. The stadium's upper chairs are maintained, but the entire bottom bowl structure is destroyed.
In the newly reconstructed stadium there are two 360-degree concourse, a plaza as high as 20,000 square feet ("Party Deck") in the northern end zone, 41,000 new bottom bowl seats with six inches of legroom & amp; rear seats, several giant video displays, new team facilities including a locker room training room and attached media, a new stadium operating facility to enable better efficiency in food service, security, first aid and maintenance, new concessions and toilets, and fa § ade. The new mezzanine is now referred to as the "Plaza level". The top deck, previously numbered "300", is now numbered "200".
Reconstruction begins soon after an innovative event held at the stadium on January 29, 2014 and the destruction of the entire bottom bowl lasts for 25 days. The first event at the renovated Camping World Stadium is the 2014 edition of the Florida Classic on November 22, 2014. The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats beat Florida A & M Rattlers, 18-17 in overtime.
Orlando City returns to the renovated Camping World Stadium for the 2015 season, their first season in Major League Soccer, pending the construction of their own football stadium. In their first game, a 1-1 draw against fellow New York City FC expansion on March 8, 2015, they drew the 62,510 bestsellers, the greatest presence for football matches at the venue.
United States women's national soccer team returned to Camping World Stadium on October 25, 2015. They beat Brazil again, 3-1. The presence of 32,869 is the largest presence for self-contained independent USWNT in the state of Florida.
The Orlando Pride, the National Women's Football League team of expansions owned by Orlando City SC, will play at Camping World Stadium until the Orlando City Stadium is completed. On April 23, 2016, they broke the record to be present in an NWSL game, set at 23,403, when Pride beat Houston Dash, 3-1.
On November 19, 2015, CONCACAF and CONMEBOL announced that Camping World Stadium will be one of the host venues for the Copa América Centenario football tournament in 2016.
On April 26, 2016, Florida Citrus Sports announced that it has sold the naming rights for the stadium to Camping World. Camping World will also be the main sponsor of the stadium's college football game series for at least the first four years, until 2019. The naming rights treaty does not affect the Buffalo Wild Wings brand name Citrus Bowl, Russell Athletic Bowl, Healing AutoNation Bowl, or Florida Blue Florida Classic. The precise provisions of the agreement were not immediately disclosed.
Seating and attendance
Before the 2014 renovation, the stadium has 65,000 permanent seats. The bottom bowl does not have a permanent seat in the northern end zone, although a temporary bench can be set up there if necessary. The last temporary bench was used for Capital One Bowl 2005, which had a attendance of 70,229.
After the renovation, the seating capacity was reduced to 60,219 due to the introduction of the rear seat seats under the bowl and the Plaza Level. The upper deck continues to have benches. A temporary bench can be added at the Plaza level instead of the Party Deck to increase the capacity to 65,194.
In popular culture
- Camping World Stadium is the filming location for the Adam Sandler 1998 film The Waterboy . In the film, Camping World Stadium describes both home stadiums from fictional Cougars University and also a climactic bourbon bowl venue.
- Exterior photos from Camping World Stadium are used in the television series Coach , starring Craig T. Nelson as Coach Hayden Fox. In the event, Camping World Stadium is the home stadium of the fictitious Orlando Breaker franchise, led by Coach Fox during the series' last 2 seasons (1995-1997). The change, which coincides with the transfer of production to Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios), reflects the real-life expansion team, Jacksonville Jaguars.
References
External links
- Official website
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