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Scott PowersJune 28, 2016

The NFL is getting the money it wants to bring the Pro Bowl All-Star Game to Orlando in 2017, ’18 and ’19. The Orange County Board of Commissioners unanimously voted Tuesday to approve spending $1 million a year in tourism development tax to bring the Pro Bowl to Camping World Stadium. The board also approved $137,000 a year […]

Scott PowersMay 19, 2016

Bloomberg Sports reported late Thursday that Orlando has won the Pro Bowl sweepstakes and the NFL will move the football all-star game to the City Beautiful starting next January. However, local officials said they were not aware of anything that could confirm the development. Bloomberg cited anonymous sources, contending that the NFL had not made […]

Scott PowersApril 26, 2016

Orlando’s Citrus Bowl is now known as Camping World Stadium. The company that describes itself as the nation’s top retailer of RVs, RV accessories and RV-related services purchased naming rights to the stadium and to a the Kickoff Classic football game, now called the Camping World Kickoff, in a deal announced Tuesday. The new names […]

Scott PowersApril 19, 2016

The NFL is talking to Orlando officials about bringing the Pro Bowl All-Star Game to Orlando’s Florida Citrus Bowl as early as next year, but the deal could hinge on tourism tax money. And that money is currently being hotly debated because Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and tourism leaders are butting heads about whether […]

Tag: Florida Citrus Sports

Orange County approves Pro Bowl money

Orlando gets the NFL Pro Bowl

Orlando’s Citrus Bowl renamed ‘Camping World Stadium’

Pro Bowl may come to Orlando, but NFL wants tourist tax money