Orlando’s Camping World Stadium Will Serve As Temporary Home for Jaguars NFL Football Games in 2027

- Michelle Snow

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NOTE: This is NOT an April Fool’s joke!

If you’ve wished Orlando had an NFL football team so you could watch home games in town, you’ll now get your wish…at least for the 2027 football season, as it was announced the Jaguars will temporarily relocate from Jacksonville to Camping World Stadium in Orlando.

NFL owners voted unanimously at the league’s annual meetings in Arizona to allow the team to temporary relocate next year’s home slate during the final stages of a $1.4 billion stadium renovation in Jacksonville.

The Jaguars had considered playing at Daytona International Speedway, at Florida Field in Gainesville, and at Camping World Stadium in Orlando.

Camping World won out when Orlando leaders cleared a $10 million sports-incentive package to help land the Jaguars earlier this year.

The Jaguars are scheduled to play 10 home games in 2027, including a preseason exhibition, but Jacksonville can play up to three home games in London that season.

That means Orlando is likely to land seven or eight NFL games, including in-state matchups featuring Tampa Bay at Jacksonville and Miami at Jacksonville.

Not only does this announcement benefit local football fans, but with Orlando the largest U.S. media market without an NFL team, it gives the city to prove we can handle an NFL team and maybe land one of our own in the future. Not to mention the economic benefit to city businesses from the fans that are sure to visit the city for games!

What are you thoughts? Are you excited to have the Jaguars play in Orlando for a season? Let us know in the comments!

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From yesterday’s announcement:

About Michelle Snow

Michelle is the owner and editor of CitySurfing Orlando. She also owns Zengrrl.com, is a freelance writer specializing in travel and entertainment, has authored/co-authored four guidebooks on Orlando and Florida, and was head editor/writer at TheDisneyBlog.com for 10 years. She's lived in Orlando near Walt Disney World since 1995, and still finds there's so much fun to be had in Central Florida.
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