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The Orange Bowl Game
Published or Updated December 29, 2014
Location: United States
Sport: Football
Level: College
Sport: Football
Level: College
Event Type: Team Championship
First Held: 1937
Next Up: 12/31/2014-12/31/2014
First Held: 1937
Next Up: 12/31/2014-12/31/2014
When and Where: every January in Miami, FL

Balmy weather, over-the-top halftime shows, and a tradition steeped in history are some of the reasons why the Orange Bowl is one of the most prestigious bowl games in NCAA Football, but that’s leaving something out.
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Destruction - The Orange Bowl was demolished in 2008
Renaming - The stadium was originally called Burdine Stadium but was changed to the Orange Bowl in 1959
Win Streak - The Orange Bowl was the site of the NCAA's longest college football home field winning streak. Between 1985 and 1994, the Miami Hurricanes won 58 straight home games
SuperBowl - The stadium hosted 5 Super Bowls
Versatile - The stadium held baseball, football,boxing, concerts, soccer, wrestling, and TV/movie events
Capacity - Held 74,476 people
PresidentKennedy - The stadium played host to President Kennedy's Cuban Missile Crisis Speech