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ACC Championship officially moved to Orlando

ACC Championship officially moved to Orlando


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GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – The 2016 Dr Pepper Atlantic Coast Conference Football Championship will be held at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium.

The 12th annual title game between the ACC’s Atlantic and Coastal Division Champions remains scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 3 and will kick off in primetime at 7:45 p.m. (if carried by ESPN) or 8 p.m. (if carried by ABC).

On October 5, patrons who previously purchased tickets to this year’s game in Charlotte and all Florida Citrus Sports members will have a three-day pre-sale opportunity. Tickets will be available to the general public via Ticketmaster on October 10 at 10 a.m. As in the past, the Atlantic Champion and Coastal Champion will each have an allotment that will be sold by the respective institution once they have clinched their division championship.

This will mark the sixth time the Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game has been played in the state of Florida. Jacksonville hosted the first three years (2005-07) and Tampa welcomed the event in 2008 and 2009.

Camping World Stadium, which underwent a $208 million renovation that was completed in April 2015, boasts the following new features and enhanced amenities:

Nearly 40,000 lower bowl seats with six additional inches of legroom and individual chair backs

Two wide 360-degree main concourses

Unique club spaces with both enclosed & open-air seating for 5,000 patrons

20,000-square-foot plaza deck

Vibrant open-air façade

Press box and suites on the west side

Two bunker suites in the north end zone

Multiple video displays

Enhanced team facilities including locker rooms, training rooms and attached media interview room

Additional restrooms, concessions and vertical transportation

Upgraded disabled seating with improved sightlines

The ACC is well acquainted with Camping World Stadium, which serves as the host venue for both the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl and the Russell Athletic Bowl. The stadium has also hosted a number of regular-season games involving ACC teams over the past few decades, including Florida State’s season-opening win over Ole Miss in this year’s Camping World Kickoff.

Each of the past three ACC football champions has gone on to either win the national championship or compete in the College Football Playoff. The ACC placed a total of 31 teams in bowl games the previous three seasons combined.

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TigerNet News®
spacer Awesome ! ! !***
Rocky the Tiger®
spacer I agree, thought that WAS the best place***
Prime T. Tiger
spacer Thanks Pat McCrory.***
soccerkrzy®
spacer You are wrong.***
Johnstone Resident
spacer Soccer is many things but rarely is he wrong.***
tigerdrummer®
spacer Re: You are wrong.***
6tiger9®
spacer You misspelled "Jennifer Roberts" but I knew what you meant***
GWPTiger®
spacer LOL. Did Pat McCrory kick the ACC out of Charlotte?
Swarley
spacer Interesting move... Had 4 for Charlotte, will get 0 for Or
cuvatiger®
spacer Re: Interesting move... Had 4 for Charlotte, will get 0 for Or
jmj2
spacer same here...#### Orlando***
CM Shack®
spacer We had 12 and will not attend Orlando. Bad move***
Orange®
spacer Unwise move... should be at site of higher ranked team.***
T Nasty Orange
spacer That's what the PAC does right?***
soccerkrzy®
spacer This whole thing is very unfortunate.
elwyn07®
spacer It's an unprecedented and discriminatory law passed.
soccerkrzy®
spacer the decision was made easier by the basketball tournament
henry
spacer Eddie Vedder spent "over 30 min" lecturing about politics?
Dr. StrangeCoot
spacer it would be awesome to see an empty stadium
TWG
spacer Yeah that's necessary.***
soccerkrzy®
spacer Not if our TIGERS are playing!***
designtiger®
spacer Ugh...Orlando sucks. D.C. would've been better.
JeffersonStTiger
spacer I'm wrong. Location wise, Orlando is not a bad spot.
JeffersonStTiger
spacer Are we allowed to watch this on TV
Johnstone Resident
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raginranger
spacer I don't see how that's hypocrisy, but okay.
soccerkrzy®
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tigrr94
spacer Boycott the acc...save $$$ and watch it on the big screen...
wyletigr
spacer Hold up! Have they taken the men's and women's signs off
surroundedtiger
spacer Great news for Miami and FSU fans. Sucks for the rest of us
Tigers Rule®
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famcat
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badb
spacer I reckon Orlando wasn't busy that day***
Hi Cotton Tiger
spacer Re: I reckon Orlando wasn't busy that day***
Tigers Rule®
spacer GREAT...now we can all pee in the ladies room in Fla***
tigerrag®
spacer LOL...nicely done!***
iTiger®
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TennesseeLadyTiger
spacer excellent - I live in St. Pete
clemzn1981®
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WeToDeep
spacer Someone ought to sue Swoffie
71PR
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