Orlando Rage (SSFL)

Orlando, Florida, has a history of major events in sports. It has had a considerable measure of success in minor league sports as well, with teams winning several minor league championships.

Orlando is home to the Orlando Magic, an NBA pro basketball franchise that plays at Amway Center in downtown Orlando. The Magic hosted the 1992 NBA All-Star Game at the now defunct Amway Arena, and hosted the 2012 NBA All-Star Game at the Amway Center.

Orlando City SC began play in Major League Soccer in 2015 as the league's 20th team. The effort to bring an MLS expansion team to Orlando had been led by Phil Rawlins, who had been working publicly since 2010 to bring MLS to Orlando. MLS officially announced in November 2013 that Orlando would join MLS, after the club had received the necessary approvals from city and county officials to construct a new stadium. Orlando City plays in a new stadium in downtown Orlando that began construction in 2014 and was completed in 2017. They played their first and second seasons at the Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium.

Orlando had been previously considered for a Major League Soccer franchise following its 1994 World Cup success, but no willing investors were identified at the time. In 1998, Orlando hosted the 1998 MLS All-Star Game, where the U.S. All-Stars beat the World All-Stars, 6-1, before an attendance of 34,416.

Orlando was a finalist in the 1993 MLB expansion. It lost out to Miami and Denver. It was also a finalist in the 1998 MLB expansion, losing out that time to St. Petersburg and Phoenix.

The Orlando area is home to spring training for one Major League Baseball team. The Atlanta Braves train at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort. In 2017 the Braves Class A Advanced affiliate , the Florida Fire Frogs of the Florida State League moved into Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee.

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