Punching Bag Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/citrus-bowl-nfl-games-dallas-cowboys-new-york-jets-tampa-bay-buccaneers-041216 Steve Hogan, the CEO of Florida Citrus Sports, told the Orlando SentinelTuesday that he's confident the city will host NFL games in the very near future. "I promise you, I guarantee you, we will have NFL football in this stadium in 2017 -- one way or another," Hogan told the Sentinel. "I'm not just talking about preseason games. Regular-season games are also in play." What NFL team would give up home games to play in Orlando? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoloinOhio Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/citrus-bowl-nfl-games-dallas-cowboys-new-york-jets-tampa-bay-buccaneers-041216 What NFL team would give up home games to play in Orlando? only the Mickey Mouse organizations would do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 How far are Tampa & Jacksonville from Orlando? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 (edited) How far are Tampa & Jacksonville from Orlando? Orlando is maybe a little further from Tampa than Rochester is from Buffalo. Edited April 12, 2016 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr1 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Step 1. blackmail a city into building a new stadium Step 2. play games in London, Orlando, China etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Guys Tampa is about 1 hr and 45 minutes in very light traffic to the Citrus Bowl. Remember you fight Tampa and Orlando rush hour traffic during the week, and not sure what that would look like on Sunday with sports traffic. Jacksonville is 1.5 hours. Some people equate Disney to Tampa, but it's another 25 minutes to downtown Orlando which is where the Bowl is located. To give you perspective on weekday traffic from Orlando to Tampa under 2 hours could turn into 3.5+ hrs. Traffic is a lot worse down here guys than Buffalo to Rochester. Anyway, the Glazers are not giving up home games unless the deal is outrageous, and Khan already makes a killing going to London, and wants to eventullay move there. This is wishful thinking on Orlando unless they want a garbage pre-season game. They can have both of ours willingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonCents Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Guys Tampa is about 1 hr and 45 minutes in very light traffic to the Citrus Bowl. Remember you fight Tampa and Orlando rush hour traffic during the week, and not sure what that would look like on Sunday with sports traffic. Jacksonville is 1.5 hours. Some people equate Disney to Tampa, but it's another 25 minutes to downtown Orlando which is where the Bowl is located. To give you perspective on weekday traffic from Orlando to Tampa under 2 hours could turn into 3.5+ hrs. Traffic is a lot worse down here guys than Buffalo to Rochester. Anyway, the Glazers are not giving up home games unless the deal is outrageous, and Khan already makes a killing going to London, and wants to eventullay move there. This is wishful thinking on Orlando unless they want a garbage pre-season game. They can have both of ours willingly. No keep your games and slow down this NFL steam roller. Nothing like leveraging a non NFL city with the NFL product what a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Agreed. I don't see it out of these two NFL teams unless some cold weather team wants to do it that is cash strapped. I just don't see the draw. I'm very happy going to Ray Jay stadium which is still a beautiful stadium. The club seats are awesome, and very modern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CommonCents Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Agreed. I don't see it out of these two NFL teams unless some cold weather team wants to do it that is cash strapped. I just don't see the draw. I'm very happy going to Ray Jay stadium which is still a beautiful stadium. The club seats are awesome, and very modern. Yep I lived in Tampa for two years, that stadium is more than adequate and they drew damn well when Gruden was down there. Not sure how tickets have been since the decline but they are a promising young team. It's sickening that someone is going to leverage a stadium which is in such close proximity to a fully functioning NFL location. Greed Greed Greed. Mark Cuban is a jack ass but boy his comments about the NFL look like they are spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Ticket sales are coming back with Winston and some spark. We'll get there. I only go to maybe 2 games a year as I fly up for one Bills game and occasionally will go to the Bills/Dolphins or Bills/Jax game. I'd rather be in my gameroom with 3 TV's going on the ticket. Spoiled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcrusho Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Wouldn't mind driving 20 minutes to see the Bills play in this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigdaddyinOrlando Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 My guess would b the Jags, Bortles is a hometown kid from here in the Orlando area and being from UCF wouldn't hurt a draw at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Could Orlando be working on a deal to relocate the Jags? I don't see the fins moving, and I don't believe the Bucs stadium is old and needing replacement. That would leave Jacksonville as a potential team that could convince the league to allow them to slide over to Orlando? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flomoe Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 I'm in if the Bills play in Otown, it's only about a 30+ minute ride for me. The ancient stadium has been revamped in recent years and looks pretty sweet. I could see the fish playing a home game there but probably not a division game. Orlando is definitely dominated by fish fans and even though the NFL has crammed the jags, and to a lesser extent, the bucs, down their throat, it's still fish country. It's definitely an attempt at a money grab by the NFL and it would be a similar situation to London, where every team would cycle through a game there over the exit decade. I personally don't see it going over to well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF Bills Fan Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 I could only guess Jax is what he refers to. They have a hard time selling out at times. But Khan already plays a game in London every year and makes a lot off that. This proclamation sounds like nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDIGGZ Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 They don't want the Jaguars in Jacksonville, London, and now Orlando. Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Wouldn't mind driving 20 minutes to see the Bills play in this why do they even have a stadium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordio Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Wouldn't mind driving 20 minutes to see the Bills play in this It looks like an average Stadium. Do they use it for anything besides the Bowl game? I always though Central Florida had their own on Campus stadium. It certainly doesn't look nicer than the Ralph. I have been to Tampa a few times & that stadium is pretty sweet. Been to Jacksonville & Miami a bunch of times. I have never been impressed with either of those stadiums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thronethinker Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 (edited) Could Orlando be working on a deal to relocate the Jags? I don't see the fins moving, and I don't believe the Bucs stadium is old and needing replacement. That would leave Jacksonville as a potential team that could convince the league to allow them to slide over to Orlando? The Citrus Bowl is not an NFL stadium and could never support a team. I think they are eyeing the Pro Bowl. Edited April 13, 2016 by thronethinker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
major Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Florida needs to have teams move, not add more. Florida only needs one team: the Bucs. No one goes to Miami or Jags games. Move one of them to St. Louis or San Antonio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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