Why The Jacksonville Jaguars Should Play Games In Orlando.

The Jacksonville Jaguars from their existence have had trouble selling tickets and filling seats. They currently play in a stadium which seats over 76,000, however, many seats must be covered with tarps. This not only makes the stadium look fuller, but it aides in the avoidance of television black outs. Here's an outside the box solution, move some or all of the games to Orlando.

Orlando is in the Jaguars NFL market, and the city gets their games weekly, even over the more popular Miami Dolphins. If the NFL considers Orlando-Jacksonville one market why not play games in both places? Conventional thinking would be that an NFL team should stay in one city, and one stadium. Yet, we see in Toronto and Buffalo that the Bills will play in both cities this year. This will surely boost overall ticket sales, and outpace last years attendance.

My proposal is that the Jaguars play 2-4 games in Orlando's Citrus Bowl once renovations are complete. Orlando is an untapped sports market with only the NBA's Magic and UCF athletics to compete with. The move would solidify the Jaguars place in Central Florida, and push the Bucs back into the Tampa area. Growing the fan base will also alleviate the calls for the Jaguars to move to Los Angeles.

The Jags can't sell their stadium naming right, can't sell season tickets, can't avoid blackouts, and Wayne Weaver is all that stands between them and relocation. Something must be done to avoid this relocation train before it leaves the station.

So move the Jaguars to Orlando for a few games a year, maybe Orlando will build them a new fan base along with a new stadium that they can share with the Rays(a future article) and we can keep 3 NFL teams in Florida.