The Citrus Bowl

Summary

The Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium, the grandfather of the Orlando Centroplex facilities, has quite a history. It was originally constructed in 1936, with seating for 8,900 people. The first annual bowl game was held in 1947, for the benefit of the Elks and was called the Tangerine Bowl Game. The Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium is home of two annual bowl games, the Mazda Tangerine Bowl and the Capital One Bowl. It also the regular season home of the University of Central Florida and Jones High School football teams. The stadium has also hosted numerous music concerts and also hosts the AMA Supercross Series and the Superbowl of Motor Sports.

Address: Florida Citrus Bowl 1610 West Church Street Orlando, FL 32801

Estimated Distance: 15.3 miles Estimated Time: 28 minutes Directions

	Capital One Bowl; This NCAA Sanctioned bowl hosts a member of the Big Ten conference against a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
	Mazda Tangerine Bowl; The second NCAA sanctioned bowl game hosted at the Citrus Bowl. This Mazda sponsered bowl pits an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) team against a Big 12 team.
	Rotary Gridiron Classic; This is a special type of all-star game. This pits the best of Florida's universities against the rest of the countries best players. For many players, this is their last chance to impress pro scouts, before the NFL draft.
	UCF Golden Kights; The University of Central Florida's football team, the Golden Knights, play their home games in the Citrus Bowl.

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