Florida

Circus World was a theme park in Haines City, FL that opened in 1974. Originally owned by Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey, it was intended to be the winter home of that company's circus operations as well as the site of its training...

Before the Buccaneers, before the Lightning, Tampa Bay’s first pro sports champions weren’t on the gridiron or the ice—they were on the soccer pitch. In their inaugural season, the Tampa Bay Rowdies shocked the sports world by winning the 1975 NASL title, introducing Florida...

Pro football in Miami dates back to 1946 and the Miami Seahawks who were charter members of the All-America Football Conference. They only lasted one season. Miami's then small population, combined with underfunded ownership doomed the team's stay in South Florida. In 1947 they moved...

The Tallahassee Tiger Sharks were a team in the East Coast Hockey League (now the ECHL), that was established in 1981 as the Nashville South Stars in the Central Hockey League. After stops (and corresponding league changes) in Roanoke, VA and Huntsville, AL, the...

The Florida Flamingos were charter members of World Team Tennis??(WTT) in 1974. There home court was the Miami Beach Convention Center. The club was contracted for the 1975 WTT season.

The Tampa Bay Storm played in the Arena Football League from the league's inception in 1987, until it's demise in 2017. Founded as the Pittsburgh Gladiators, the club moved to Tampa in 1991. The team made the playoffs in 24 of its 26 seasons...

Celebrate Florida's Rat Pack who won it all in the 2024. ITC16522

Pro football in Miami dates back to 1946 and the Miami Seahawks who were charter members of the All-America Football Conference. They only lasted one season. Miami's then small population, combined with underfunded ownership doomed the team's stay in South Florida. In 1947 they moved...

The Orlando Americans??were a minor league football??team playing??for one season in the somewhat obscure??American Football Association (AFA), playing at??Orlando Stadium also known as the Citrus Bowl.??

Splendid China was a restaurant and theme park in Four Corners, FL, near Kissimmee just off US-192/Irlo Bronson Hwy. It opened in 1993, and it's 75 acres featured??more than 60 one-tenth scale replicas of famous and not-so-famous Chinese buildings and landmarks. Each piece was...

??Founded as the Washington Darts in 1967, this outdoor soccer team was a originally a member of the original American Soccer League. In 1969 they joined the North American Soccer League. In 1972 they moved to Miami and became the Gatos. The following year...

The Orlando Breakers were a fictional 1995 NFL expansion team, featured on the ABC series?????Coach.?????

After spending one season in Minnesota, the Muskies of the American Basketball Association moved south to become the Miami Floridians for the 1968-69 season. They were known simply as the Floridians for their final two seasons starting in 1970. • Ceramic• 11 oz mug...

The Orlando Jackals were a Roller Hockey International team that played in 1996 and 1997. The team originally began as the Edmonton Sled Dogs and then Orlando Rollergators, before becoming the Jackals.  OS15938

"The Trop" opened in 1990 as the Suncoast Dome in St. Petersburg, Florida. The facility didn't have a permanent tenant until 1991 when the Arena League Tampa Bay Storm moved in. Two years later, the area's pro hockey team moved in. In 1998, big...

Located in Titusville, 80 miles from Palm Coast, this business employs Kim. The real building is a soft drink warehouse located in an industrial park in Albuquerque. As of February 2022, the building retains the fictitious name.   OS9791

The Old South Bar-B-Q Ranch was a Florida institution. Billboards across the state beckoned diners to the restaurant on Route 27 in Clewiston.

The Tea Men were established in New England in 1978 as an expansion team in the old North American Soccer League (NASL). Stadium issues forced the team to relocate to Northern Florida in 1980. In 1983, they left the for the American Soccer League,...

The Jacksonville Bullets were a short-lived team in the short-lived Sunshine Hockey League from 1992 through 1995. OS16527

The Florida Hammerheads were a Roller Hockey hockey team from Coral Gables, FL that played in the Roller Hockey International from 1992 to 1994. OS16526

The Daytona Beach Breakers were a minor league hockey team based in Daytona Beach, FL who played in the Southern Hockey League from 1995 to 1996 at the Daytona Beach Ocean Center. OS16525

The first major professional league for inline hockey was the Roller Hockey International and it operated from 1993 to 1999.  OS15778

Tampa Bay fans are always ready for October baseball.??

The Bubble Room was a unique and eclectic restaurant that opened in Maitland in 1986. In 1995, Roy "Pete" Scheid bought the place, adding his name to the sign. With a decor featuring holiday decorations, old toys, and various memorabilia, the Bubble Room was...

Billed as "Orlando's number one dinner attraction," Arabian Nights opened in 1988. Tucked away on Arabian Nights Drive, off 192, its final performance came on New Year's Day 2014.

The Florida Tuskers were charter members of the United Football League and played in Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg as well as the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando in 2009, settling on the latter for 2010. In 2011, they moved to the Tidewater area...

He's not vintage Jacksonville yet, but he may be soon!??Being a head coach can be a grind--- figuratively and literally. Just ask Jacksonville's head man. Hey, Coach, that's not what we meant when we said, "the team needs to grind out some more yards."

As the cold wind winter wind howls, baseball fans' thoughts turn to Florida and spring training.??

Florida's hockey team completed the "Rat Trick!" ITC16521

The Edmonton Sled Dogs were a member of the Roller Hockey International in 1994 until the franchise moved to Orlando, Florida and became the Orlando Rollergators in 1995. The Rollergators were purchased before the start of the 1996 and were renamed the Orlando Jackals. OS16017