|
|
|
|
Walt Disney World Florida Classic |
 |
Walt Disney World Orlando proudly takes on its ninth year of sponsorship for the Florida Classic. A traditional match between the Wildcats’ and ‘Rattlers’ of Bethune-Cookman College and Florida A&M University respectively. Identified as the stronger team the Rattlers will see fierce competition from the Wildcats who have undergone a season of intense training. The Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium in Orlando will play host to the game scheduled to be held on November 18th 2006. Over 70,000 fans are expected to attend the match which remains the country’s largest Historical Black College football clash. Disney has once again generously contributed a sum of US$ 400,000 as part of its sponsorship, which will go into school scholarship funds. As is tradition for all college football in vibrant Orlando the Walt Disney World Florida Classic starts of on a celebratory note with a Fan Day organised at the MGM Studios a bonus treat thrown in will be the college marching band performance.
The Florida Classic remains one of the nations foremost black college matches. Having gotten off to a shaky start the series was abruptly cancelled from 1983 to 1984 until the Bethune-Cookman matches which were introduced at Orlando’s Citrus Bowl in 1997 sparked a nationwide interest and attracted mega giant Walt Disney World as its faithful sponsor. The Florida Classic today is proudly identified as the sixth largest football event to be held at the Citrus Bowl.
Location:
Citrus Bowl Stadium – 1610 W Church St, Orlando FL 32805
Tel :
(407) 849-2500
|
|
|
|
 |
|
| |
|
|