Orlando Sports

You may or may not be aware of all the Orlando sports options. Several youth, amateur, professional and special sporting events are played each year in Central Florida.

Professional Sports

Home to only one professional sports team, the NBA’s Orlando Magic. The Magic play at Amway Arena who also host various other sporting and entertainment events.

Orlando does not have their own football team but is home to the annual New Year’s Day football classic, The Capital One Bowl. The annual event is played at the Florida Citrus Bowl In addition to the annual New Year’s Day game, the Citrus Bowl has hosted the Super Bowl, World Cup Soccer, Olympic Soccer and AMA Supercross.

Both the Atlanta Braves and the Detroit Tigers call Central Florida home for spring training. The Braves train at Disney’s Wide World of Sports and the Tigers in nearby Lakeland.

Youth, Amateur and special sporting events

Disney Wide World of Sports Where else but at Disney would you find 40 square miles of pure sports! Host to over 170 amateur and professional sporting events each year, the sports enthusiast is sure to find something they like here. This is the number one host site for youth sports in the U.S…and, if you are a parent, this probably isn’t a surprise to you.

Planning a sporting event? Need a venue?

If you are looking to plan a sporting event in Central Florida, Orlando Sports.org may be able to help. They are a private, non-profit organization created to attract sporting events and related businesses to the Central Florida area.

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