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Orlando is home to the Orlando Magic, an NBA pro basketball franchise that plays at Amway Arena in downtown Orlando. The Amway Arena was completely renovated in 2010.
Pro baseball has been played in Orlando since 1919, mostly in the Class A Florida State League,
The Citrus Bowl is the home of the Capital One Bowl (formerly the Florida Citrus Bowl) and the Champs Sports Bowl (formerly the Tangerine Bowl). It also hosts regular-season football games, as well as the annual Florida Classic played between the NCAA Division I-AA Football teams from Florida A&M University and Bethune-Cookman University. Professional football in Orlando goes back to the '60s, when the Orlando Panthers played in the minor-league Continental Football League. In arena football, the Orlando Predators have been one of the Arena Football League's flagship franchises since entering the league in 1991. Playing at the Amway Arena.
Orlando is also the home to the NBA Pre-Draft camp, the MLB Draft, the MLB Winter Meetings, and the NFL Annual Meeting, and since 2005, the PSP World Cup paintball tournament
Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex is a 220-acre facility hosting more than 170 amateur and professional events each year. The complex's All Star Café features sports-themed arcade games, a dining room lined with baseball mitt-shaped booths, and big-screen televisions airing sports highlights and live games.
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