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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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Beary endorses Demings for Orange sheriff
Sentinel Staff WriterJerry Demings received Sheriff Kevin Beary's long-expected endorsement Wednesday in the Orange County sheriff's race. Demings, a Democrat, is running against John Tegg, a Republican. Demings is a former Orlando police chief and head of Orange County's...Tags: Edgewood, Kevin Beary, Political Systems
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Sheriff Kevin Beary endorses Jerry Demings for Orange County sheriff
Sentinel Staff WriterJerry Demings received Sheriff Kevin Beary's long-expected endorsement today in the Orange County sheriff's race. Demings, a Democrat, is running against John Tegg, a Republican. Demings is a former Orlando police chief and head of county Public Safety....Tags: Edgewood, Kevin Beary, Political Systems
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Orlando is No. 30 among America's top sports cities
Sentinel ColumnistFrankly, I'm shocked. Sporting News has released its 15th annual list of America's "top 400 sports cities and towns in the United States and Canada (no word on Mexico apparently)" and Orlando is 30th! Boston is No. 1. Good for them but they get more...Tags: Ohio State University, Alfonso Soriano, Susan Lucci, University of Central Florida Knights, Baseball
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Gambling Buddy steps up to fiscal roulette wheel -- with your money
Sentinel ColumnistCities are going broke all over America, Florida's budget is imploding and the state of California can't even get a loan to pay its bills. But that isn't stopping Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer from throwing money around like a one-man Congress. Last week,...Tags: Property, Arts, Culture, Florida Classic, California
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Central Florida tourism feels effects of economic slump
Sentinel Staff WriterTourism leaders Tuesday predicted at least six more months of declines in hotel occupancy and tourist-tax collections due to a sour economy -- a downturn that comes just as a costly visitor ad campaign ramps down next year. Central Florida fared better...Tags: Gatorland, Marketing, Orange County (Florida), Tourism and Leisure, Government
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WWE's Edge loves to be booed
Sentinel ColumnistBoo him 'til your lungs fall out. Scream and shout vile curses until you foam at the mouth. Hey, it's all good. Edge will thank you for it. "A face [hero] or a heel [villain]? Oh, I'd rather be a heel, without a doubt. I think it shows. I love being...Tags: Orlando Magic, Hugh Hefner, All Stars, Baseball, World Wrestling Entertainment Incorporated
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Particpant Sports Schedule
South Florida Sun-SentinelToday Surfing: South Florida Longboard Association monthly meeting, Damion's on the Beach, Clarion Lauderdale Beach Resort, 8 p.m., 954-564-0202. Saturday Kayaking: Kayak for Beginners, Holland Park, Hollywood, 9-11:30 a.m., 954-328-5231; Running:...Tags: Marathon of the Palm Beaches, Diseases, Cancer, Herbalife Limited, Healthcare Provider
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Buddy Collings' prep football picks: Boone will roll, Apopka/Edgewater could be close
Tonight's Super 16 games ++++++++++++++++++++ || Game || The Buzz || Prediction || || No. 1 Boone (4-0) at West Orange (1-3) || Boone is permitting 60.5 yards per game on ground || Boone by 28 || || No. 2 Apopka (3-1) at No. 12. Edgewater (1-2) || Do-...Tags: Edgewater, Gainesville, Manchester Community College, Winter Garden, Leesburg
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Tonight's games
Sentinel Staff WriterEustis (3-1) at Leesburg (1-3), 7:30 *WHERE: Memorial Field/H.O. Dabney Stadium, 1401 Yellow Jacket Way, Leesburg *BUZZ: This is one of Lake County's oldest high school football rivalries. Last year the two schools played in the 80th anniversary of...Tags: C.J. Brown, Football, Florida Panthers, David Livingston, Philadelphia Eagles
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Downtown makeover? City to decide on Parramore project
Sentinel Staff WriterOrlando leaders will decide Monday whether to hand a $17 million financial-incentive package to developers working on a project in the heart of Parramore: an 11-story office-and-retail building anchored by a community theater. The city money would pay...Tags: Orlando Magic, Robert Johnson, Regional Authority, Tim Baker, Church and State Relations
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Orange County Commission: We think Fernandez, Boyd better qualified in Districts 3 and 1
We want more from Mildred Fernandez and Scott Boyd than their candidacies for Orange County Commissioner suggest they're ready to give. A greater commitment to ethics reform, for one. And more thoughtfulness on issues like spending, for another....Tags: Values, Political Candidates, Elections, John Kelly, Ethics
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