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THE FLORIDA CITRUS BOWL
SIGNATURE EVENTS
Annual
• Capital One Bowl
• Champs Sports Bowl
• East-West Shrine Game
• Florida Classic
• MEAC/SWAC Challenge
• Monster Jam
The Florida Citrus Bowl stadium kicks off each season with its an annual Capital One Bowl on New Year’s Day. This match-up between the top teams from the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference, is college football’s premier non-BCS bowl game. Since 1925, the East-West Shrine Game® is the longest-running, most respected all-star college football game in history and benefits Shriners Hospitals for Children®.
Since 2001, Monster Jam has revved up Orlando with its live, motorsports competition featuring some of America’s favorite monster trucks. It totally gets your motor runnin’.
The fall season introduces the MEAC/SWAC Challenge. This annual football challenge showcases a team from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). In 2009, the United Football League emerged; a professional football league with four teams, including the Florida Tuskers. During their inaugural season, the Tuskers went 6-1 and clinched a spot in the UFL Championship game against the Las Vegas Locomotives. Since 1925, the Florida Classic game has served as the annual matchup between historic rivals, Bethune-Cookman University and Florida A&M University. Each December, the Citrus Bowl hosts the Florida High School Athletic Association’s (FHSAA) football championships. This playoff series features the state’s top-performing high school football teams. The Florida Citrus Bowl concludes the year with the Champs Sports Bowl, which highlights the top non-BCS team (#2 overall) from the Big East versus the #3 overall from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Historical
• Site of 1994 World Cup Soccer
• Site of 1996 Olympic Soccer
• Host to "Rock Superbowls" featuring such performers as The Rolling Stones, The Who, Genesis, Pink Floyd, George Michael, Guns n' Roses, Paul McCartney, Billy Joel and Elton John
Top Ten Grossing Events
1. WRESTLEMANIA 24
March 30, 2008
2. CAPITAL ONE BOWL - LSU VS. IOWA
January 1, 2005
3. CAPITAL ONE BOWL – UW-MADISON VS. AUBURN
January 1, 2006
4. GEORGE STRAIT
May 13, 2000
5. METALLICA
July 13, 2003
6. FLORIDA CLASSIC - FAMU vs. BCC
November 19, 2005
7. ROLLING STONES
December 7, 1997
8. CHAMPS SPORTS BOWL - CLEMSON VS. CU-BOULDER
December 27, 2005
9. UCF CONFERENCE GAME - UCF VS. TULSA
December 3, 2005
10. MONSTER JAM 2008
January 26, 2008
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