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The Orange Bowl began as the Palm Festival in 1933 in Florida. Floridians wanted to drive tourism into South Florida during the depression. They saw the popularity and success of the Rose Bowl and parade in California and decided to do the same thing. On New Years day in 1935 the Palm Festival became the Orange Bowl Festival with it first official game staring the University of Miami and Bucknell University. That day Bucknell defeated Miami 26-0, but a new Florida tradition was born.
Under the direction of the Orange Bowl committee, The Orange Bowl Festival has since grown to be Florida's largest tourist attraction. Florida hosts more than 150,000 visitors during the now month-long celebration annually which includes the famous football game, other sports games, entertainment, parties, and community events.
For more Orange Bowl History, see these sites:
Orange Bowl History from OrangeBowl.org
BCS History from HickokSports.com

Not only is the Orange Bowl a college football game, it is the name of the football stadium in Miami, Florida the game is played in each year. The Orange Bowl was built from December 1937 thru 1938. It saw its first championship game in January of 1939 with the Auburn and Michigan State teams. The bowl originally held 22,050. Today, after 5 expansion projects, the stadium has more then tripled and now seats 72,319.

For alternative Orange Bowl and college football news sources, try the following news providers:
ESPN ; SI.com; OrangeBowl.org; BCSFootball.org; SportsLine

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Useful Orange Bowl Information January 3, 2006

Getting to the Orange Bowl
The official Orange Bowl website has a lot of event information including directions to the stadium, parking information, and a list of Bowl events. There is also a travel page with information and discounts on local hotels, car rentals, air travel and more.

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