Florida Citrus Bowl

Opened in 1936

About Florida Citrus Bowl

Florida Citrus Bowl is a former name of Camping World Stadium, used 1983–2013. Camping World Stadium is recorded as a College Football stadium in Orlando, Florida. It opened in 1936. Its recorded capacity is 65,438. Former tenants include Rollins (College Football, 1936–1949) and UCF Knights (College Football, 1983–2006). On our ranked lists it ranks 1st for most name changes among 125 venues with 3 or more names. It has also been known as Orlando Stadium (1936–1946, 1977–1982), Tangerine Bowl (1947–1975), Citrus Bowl (1976) and Orlando Citrus Bowl (2014–2015).

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Venue Information

Capacity

65,438

Source: Wikidata

Year Opened

1936

Location

Orlando, Florida 32805

Elevation

99 ft

30 m above sea level

Location derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Capacity by layout

Layout	Seats	Source
General	65,438	Wikidata
Football	60,219	Wikipedia
Soccer	19,500	Wikipedia

Seating capacity depends on how the building is laid out for each event. Figures are the best sourced claim per layout.

Teams

Home seasons at Florida Citrus Bowl by team, 1936–2006. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
UCF Knights While based here: 20 seasons · 58-67 regular season in the 11 seasons with results on record · 1 postseason trip College Football · 1983–2006 C-USA 2005–2006 · MAC 2002–2004 · Independent 1983–2001 · FBS (Division I-A) Territory map on ImperialismMap Florida Citrus Bowl 1983–2006 Acrisure Bounce House 2007–present	College Football	1983–2006
Rollins While based here: 10 seasons College Football · 1936–1949 Home venue unknown 1921–1934 Tangerine Bowl 1936–1949	College Football	1936–1949

Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.

Game results are on record only for top-division college football seasons; other seasons count toward seasons here but not toward the record.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Florida Citrus Bowl?

The capacity of Florida Citrus Bowl is 65,438.

When was Florida Citrus Bowl built?

Florida Citrus Bowl opened in 1936.

Where did the UCF Knights play after Florida Citrus Bowl?

After leaving Florida Citrus Bowl in 2006, the UCF Knights moved to Acrisure Bounce House in 2007.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 31 m of this point).
Wikimedia Commons (CC BY): Photograph.
Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): Capacity, football layout, Capacity, soccer layout.

Historical Names

Camping World Stadium

2016 - Present

Orlando Citrus Bowl

2014 - 2015

Florida Citrus Bowl

1983 - 2013

Current

Orlando Stadium

1936 - 1946

Location

Coordinates: 28.5389, -81.4028

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Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Inter&Co Stadium	2017–	0.8 mi
Kia Center	2010–	1.2 mi
Amway Arena	1989–2010	1.2 mi
Acrisure Bounce House	2007–	14 mi
Spec Martin Stadium	1941–	34 mi
Daytona Stadium	1988–	47 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

UCF Knights

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.