Camping World Stadium

a dump.....that is all

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I went for the 2005 capital one bowl. You can get the gist of the neighborhood from the following statement: I paid $20 to park on a guy’s lawn

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There’s been one or two changes since 2005 baw. For one thing, most of the stadium got blown up and rebuilt, aside from the upper decks. Also, for those still reeling from the pathetic swamp, errrrrrrr field from that Penn State disaster years back…the field is now turf.

They sell beer
It is not a great stadium
We had fun when we played Louisville
We combined it with a universal vacation, our mistake was going to the parks before the game. I told my wife, if we do this again, we will go to the parks are the game.

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Anyone been to the Citrus Bowl at Camping World?

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I was there for the last second loss to Iowa 18 years ago. That was enough.

The Citrus Bowl recently had an upgrade. Rebuilt from ground up. Turf field and much better amenities. No the stadium is not located in Islworth, but it's totally safe. Lived here since 87 and never had an issue. Concerts, Soccer, Football, whatever. Orlando Police Department headquarters relocated to 2-3 blocks of stadium.

Church Street is modernizing and adding restaurants and retail. Two breweries (Broken Cauldron/Strings and Big Storm) within walking distance.

We were there Memorial Day weekend for Paul McCartney. Amazing show !!!. We ate at a restaurant on church st. They had a parking lot right off Church. We took an Uber to the stadium- about a ten minute ride and then walked back to our car after concert - about a 15 minute walk. Safe at night. Parked for free. Security was a little slow but not bad. Plenty of concessions open with no lines.We got there maybe 20 minutes b4 the show started. There was even a MLS Soccer game that same night just a few blocks from Camping World but game was over well before concert finished. We had a great time and had no issues at all.

Stadium is vastly improved since last time LSU played there.

Last time I was there was when we played Joe Paterno's Penn St. team. The stadium was a dump and the natural grass field was a quagmire. It was raining before the game and there was ankle deep flood waters on the concourses. I understand they have remodeled the stadium and installed turf since then.

The first time I was there was for Charley Mac's last game in 1979.

I am not going this year but I always have fun on that trip.

An industrial angle. People pushing shopping carts. General diceyness. But stadium has big lots and everything is fine there. We were there for syracuse/West Virginia a couple years ago. Just watch where you park and tailgate. If you’re planning to do it at a local business opening their lot, it’s gonna get interesting.