Florida has a stadium and/or venue for almost every sport that exists. Well populated places like Gainesville, Orlando, Miami, and Tallahassee contain their own sports stadiums where millions of people come out each year to enjoy watching their favorite teams compete.
See Also: Convention Centers, Entertainment Venues
Amway Center, located in Downtown Orlando, is a sports and entertainment venue. Home to the Orlando Magic NBA team and the Orlando Solar Bears ECHL team. Built with a capacity of more than 20,000 seats, the arena's urban setting, gives guests easy access to the Orlando entertainment core. Hosting concerts, events, shows and more, the area is designed to stage any event.
Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium popularly known as "The Swamp" is located at the University of Florida in Gainesville Florida. Home to the universities Florida Gators football team and hosts other university events throughout the year as well as high school football playoffs. With a seating capacity of 88,548, The Swamp is the 12th largest stadium in American college football.
Camping World Stadium is located in Downtown Orlando Florida. It was formerly known as the Tangerine Bowl, Florida Citrus Bowl and Orlando Citrus Bowl. The stadium is currently home to the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl, the Orlando City Soccer League, and the Russell Athletic Bowl and hosts other events, concerts and college football games. The Stadium Complex includes Tinker Field, McCracken Field, Thunder Field, and Festival Field when hosts events, concerts, sports, and community festivals throughout the year.
CFE Federal Credit Union Arena, formerly the UCF Arena is a sports and entertainment arena located at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Home of the UCF Knights mens and womens basketball teams, the arena also hosts concerts, graduations, theater, events and other sporting events.
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida features Jostens Center with volleyball courts, basketball courts and inline rinks, a Softball Diamondplex, Track and Field Complex, Tennis Complex, Baseball Quadraplex, Champion Stadium, HP Field House, Marathon Sports Fields, and more. Located right next to Disney's parks and resorts, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex holds large events throughout the year that give travel teams the opportunity to enjoy activities in the surrounding area.
EverBank Field is home to the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team. The stadium sits on the St. Johns River in Downtown Jacksonville Florida and has a seating capacity of 67,246. In addition to Jacksonville Jaguars football games, the stadium hosts the annual Florida-Georgia college game as well as US men's national soccer games.
The First Data Field is a baseball stadium located in Port St Lucie that is home to the St Lucie Mets and Gulf Coast Mets. It is also the spring training location for the New York Mets, and it holds over seven thousand people in the stadium during game time. It was originally built in 1988, and occasionally, the field will also hosts events like the St Lucie County Safety Festival.
Florida State Fairgrounds Complex, located in Tampa, Florida, includes the Expo Hall, Entertainment Hall, Special Events Center, Florida Center and Botanical Gardens, Pavillion and Waterfront Cafe as well as other outdoor locations that include an Equestrian Center. The grounds are used throughout the year for a variety of events, especially for different festivals and live music performances. Both big names and smaller named musicians have made a showing here so make sure to keep up to date with the events that are hosted here. You don't want to miss out on something fun and/or exciting that's right around the corner from you!
Germain Arena is a multi-purpose arena located in Estero Florida. Home to the Florida Everblades ice hockey team and the Florida Tarpons Arena Pro Football team. The venue hosts other events, shows, concerts and entertainment.
Hard Rock Stadium located in Miami Gardens, Florida is home to the Miami Dolphins NFL football team and the University of Miami Hurricanes football. Formerly known by 7 other names initially the Joe Robbie Stadium and most recently the Sun Life Stadium, the stadium hosts the Orange Bowl annually as well as large concerts, WrestleMania and numerous events. 5 Super Bowls, 2 World Series, 4 BCS National Championship Games, WrestleMania XXVIII are just a few of the past events hosted at the Hard Rock Stadium.
Lakeland Center is a multi-purpose arena and theatre located in Lakeland, Florida and home to the Central Florida Jaguars elite indoor football team and the Florida Tropics soccer team.
Marlins Park is a baseball park, home of the Miami Marlins, located in Miami, Florida. The stadium is a contemporary architecture featuring an abstract design, a retractable roof, Miami Deco Art, Fish Tanks, Swimming Pool, Nightclub and a true South Beach atmosphere. Built where the old Orange Bowl use to be, the stadium has taken a Green approach to be environmentally friendly.
Silver Spurs Arena is a multi-purpose arena located in Kissimmee, Florida that hosts the Silver Spurs Rodeo events, concerts, family and sporting events.