Orlando, Florida

==Sports==
{{Main|Sports in Orlando, Florida}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|+ Professional sports teams
|-
!Club
!Sport
!League
!Venue
!Average attendance
!Founded
!Titles
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| [[Orlando Magic]]
| [[Basketball]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]
| [[Kia Center]]
| align=center | 16,785
| align=center | 1989
| align=center | 0
|-
| [[Orlando City SC]]
| [[Association football|Soccer]] 
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Major League Soccer|MLS]]
| [[Exploria Stadium]]
| align=center | 20,404<ref>{{Cite web |title=MLS attendance 2023 – Orlando City SC |url=https://www.orlandocitysc.com/stadium/ |date=May 1, 2023 |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=Goal |language=en}}</ref>
| align=center | 2015
| align=center | 1
|-
| [[Orlando Predators (NAL)|Orlando Predators]]
| [[Arena football]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Arena League|NAL]]
| [[Kia Center]]
| align=center |  —
| align=center | 2019
| align=center | 0
|-
| [[Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)|Orlando Solar Bears]]<ref>[http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/2015/05/12/Research-and-Ratings/ECHL-gate.aspx "ECHL Attendance Down 2%; Ontario (CA) Reign Lead In Final Season With League"], May 12, 2015.</ref>
| [[Ice hockey]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| [[ECHL]]
| [[Kia Center]]
| align=center | 6,209
| align=center | 2012
| align=center | 0
|-
| [[Orlando Anarchy]]
| [[Women's gridiron football|Women's football]]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Women's Football Alliance|WFA]]
| [[Trinity Preparatory School]]
| align=center |  —
| align=center | 2010
| align=center | 1
|-
| [[Orlando Pride]]
| [[Women's association football|Women's soccer]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Women's Soccer League|NWSL]]
| [[Exploria Stadium]]
| align=center | 4,837
| align=center | 2016
| align=center | 0
|}
[[File:Amway CENTER6.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Kia Center]]]]

Orlando is the home city of two major league professional sports teams: the [[Orlando Magic]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA), and [[Orlando City SC]] of [[Major League Soccer]] (MLS).

Orlando has thre minor league professional teams: the [[Orlando Solar Bears (ECHL)|Orlando Solar Bears]] [[ECHL]] [[ice hockey]] team, the [[Orlando Predators (NAL)|Orlando Predators]] of the [[National Arena League]] (NAL), and the [[Orlando Anarchy]] of the [[Women's Football Alliance]].

The original [[Orlando Solar Bears (IHL)|Orlando Solar Bears]] were part of the [[International Hockey League (1945–2001)|International Hockey League]] winning the last [[Turner Cup]] championship in 2001, before the league folded. From 1991 to 2016, the city was also home to the [[Orlando Predators]] of the [[Arena Football League]]. Orlando was home to the [[Orlando Renegades]] of the [[United States Football League]] in 1985. The team folded along with the league in 1986.<ref>{{cite web|title = USFL.info – Orlando Renegades|url = http://www.usfl.info/renegades/|website = www.usfl.info|access-date = December 25, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208022919/http://www.usfl.info/renegades/|archive-date = December 8, 2015|url-status = dead|df = mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2016, the [[Orlando Pride]] began to play in the [[National Women's Soccer League]]. Starting in 2017, they will be sharing [[Orlando City Stadium]] with Orlando City.

Orlando's sports teams have collectively won two [[Arena Bowl]]s (1998, 2000), two titles in ice hockey, three titles in [[minor league baseball]], and two titles in soccer.

The city has hosted the [[NBA All-Star Game]] twice: in [[1992 NBA All-Star Game|1992]] at the old [[Orlando Arena]], and in [[2012 NBA All-Star Game|2012]] at the current [[Kia Center]]. Orlando also hosted the 2015 ECHL All-Star Game at Kia Center.

Orlando also hosts the [[University of Central Florida]] (UCF) [[UCF Knights|Knights]] college athletics teams, which compete in [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) as a member of the [[Big 12 Conference]] (Big 12 Conference).

[[Camping World Stadium]] (the former Citrus Bowl stadium) hosts two annual college football [[bowl game]]s: the [[Citrus Bowl (game)|Citrus Bowl]] and the [[Pop-Tarts Bowl]]. It also hosted the [[1998 MLS All-Star Game|1998 Major League Soccer All-Star Game]]. Orlando is the host city for the annual [[Florida Classic]], one of the largest [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]] football classics in the nation. It also began hosting the [[National Football League]]'s [[Pro Bowl]], as well as a series of [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]] kickoff games called the [[Orlando Kickoff]], in 2016.

[[Exploria Stadium]], home of the Orlando City Soccer Club and Orlando Pride, also hosts one FBS college bowl game, The [[Cure Bowl]], and hosted the [[2019 MLS All-Star Game]].

Orlando is home to many notable athletes former and present, including baseball players [[Carlos Peña]], [[Frank Viola]], [[Ken Griffey Jr.]] and [[Barry Larkin]]; basketball players [[Shaquille O'Neal]] and [[Tracy McGrady]]; soccer players [[Alex Morgan]], [[Marta (footballer)|Marta]], [[Nani (footballer)|Nani]] and [[Kaká]]; and many golfers, including [[Tiger Woods]], [[Mark O'Meara]] and [[Arnold Palmer]].{{citation needed|date=June 2017}}

The annual [[Community Effort Orlando]] (CEO) is the second-biggest [[fighting game]] tournament of the country. Having grown since its introduction in 2010, the event got over 4,000 attendees from more than 25 countries in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2016/06/01/3-new-things-coming-to-orlandos-biggest-video-game.html|work=[[Orlando Business Journal]]|title=3 new things coming to Orlando's biggest video game tournament|last=Richardson|first=Matthew|date=June 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redbull.com/us/en/esports/stories/1331802322815/community-effort-orlando-is-what-it-sounds-like|work=[[Red Bull GmbH|Red Bull]]|title=Community Effort Orlando is What it Sounds Like|last=Alphonse|first=Craig|date=June 23, 2016}}</ref>

In 2020, the remaining games of the [[2019–20 NBA season]] were arranged to be played in the [[2020 NBA Bubble|NBA Bubble]] at the [[ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex]] in Orlando suburb [[Bay Lake, Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/article/2020/06/04/bog-approves-22-team-season-restart|title=NBA Board of Governors approves 22-team restart of 2019–20 season|first=Tim|last=Reynolds|agency=Associated Press|website=NBA.com}}</ref>