Orlando Magic
Home opener Oct 21 vs Atlanta Hawks. Then Oct 23 vs Minnesota Timberwolves, Nov 1 vs Boston Celtics and Nov 2 vs Washington Wizards.
The Local Frame
A year that keeps changing rooms
Orlando's sports year runs on a calendar, not a single season. Fall belongs to downtown game nights and college football. The holidays bring bowl games. Winter turns toward golf. Spring and summer carry soccer and volleyball.
The useful question is not just who is playing. It is what kind of night each room makes: Church Street before a Magic game, The Wall in full voice at the soccer stadium, a student-led bounce in east Orlando, or a neighborhood bar when you do not have a ticket.
This page keeps the durable frames in front and puts the current home dates in one short section. The monthly events calendar carries the day-by-day version.
October and November
Right now
The near-term home anchors, kept brief on purpose. Use the events calendar for the full schedule and the rest of the city's week.
Orlando Solar Bears
Oct 24 vs South Carolina Stingrays, Oct 28 vs Florida Everblades, Oct 30 vs Jacksonville for Boo With The Bears, and Nov 3 vs Atlanta.
Orlando City SC
Oct 24 vs New York City FC, then Decision Day on Nov 7 vs New England Revolution, with playoff seeding on the line.
UCF Football
Acrisure Bounce House
Oct 24 vs BYU for Homecoming, Oct 30 vs Baylor for the Space Game, Nov 14 vs Arizona State, and Nov 20 vs Iowa State for Senior Knight.
UCF Basketball
Addition Financial Arena
The men's season opener is Nov 2 vs Florida Gulf Coast, the first home date in a November to March run.
Osceola Magic
Silver Spurs Arena
The G League home slate opens Nov 8 in Kissimmee and runs through mid-March.
Teams and Rooms
Where the crowds gather
Downtown has the guide-listed rooms. East Orlando has the college campus. Kissimmee has the developmental league version of the Magic, in a rodeo arena.
Downtown
Kia Center
Orlando's big room on Church Street is home to the Magic and the Solar Bears. Guests praise the views even from the cheap seats, and the streets around the building carry the before and after ritual on game nights.
Orlando Magic
NBA basketball from late October into April, with playoffs after. The building is at its loudest when the city treats the night as a downtown occasion rather than just a game.
Orlando Solar Bears
ECHL hockey on the AdventHealth Rink at Kia Center. The Solar Bears are the Tampa Bay Lightning affiliate and are owned and operated by the Orlando Magic organization. The season runs October into April, with theme nights, promotions and the loudest crowds for Florida Everblades rivalry games.
Inter&Co Stadium
The soccer-specific stadium opened in 2017 with a steep single bowl and a canopy roof that traps noise. The Wall fills the north end.
Orlando City SC
Major League Soccer from late February to early November. The Wall stands and sings for the full match, Church Street is the pregame ritual, and select matches carry the club's 407 Nights promotion with a $4.07 concession menu.
East Orlando and Kissimmee
UCF Football
The current name is Acrisure Bounce House. It replaced FBC Mortgage Stadium on July 1, 2025, after the sponsor rebranded. Bounce House was already the nickname, earned because the steel stands visibly shake when the crowd jumps together.
The on-campus Big 12 stadium opened in 2007 and holds 45,906 after the Roth Tower expansion. The student section drives the bounce. The Space Game leans into UCF's NASA ties; the 50-yard line is aligned with Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A. Knight Library is the guide's college-bar anchor for this crowd.
UCF Basketball
Addition Financial Arena sits at Knights Plaza on campus and holds 9,432. The student section is the Knightmare and the building's nickname is The Dungeon. It is steep, loud and small by power-conference standards, which is the point on Big 12 nights.
Orlando Valkyries
Major League Volleyball at Addition Financial Arena, with a season that runs January to May. Orlando is a charter franchise and won the league championship in 2025. Pro volleyball in a college arena makes for an intimate, family-priced night, and the club hosted the league All-Star Match in March 2026.
Osceola Magic
The Orlando Magic's NBA G League affiliate plays at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee, roughly 25 miles south of downtown. The home season runs November into March. It is the cheapest real pro basketball seat in the metro, and future NBA players pass through on two-way contracts.
Postseason Football
Bowl season and the renovation shuffle
Camping World Stadium is in the middle of a $400 million renovation running through 2026, with completion in 2027. Capacity is limited this fall, and one Orlando bowl has moved across town.
Florida Blue Florida Classic
Florida A&M vs Bethune-Cookman. The HBCU rivalry is a full weekend takeover, not just a game. Confirm the stadium before setting the plan; this page does not guess at the 2026 venue.
StaffDNA Cure Bowl
This one did move, from Camping World Stadium to the UCF campus because of the renovation. The game raises money for cancer research, with UCF College of Medicine researchers among the beneficiaries.
Pop-Tarts Bowl
ACC vs Big 12 at limited capacity. The edible-mascot spectacle is now the modern identity of the game.
Citrus Bowl
SEC vs Big Ten at limited capacity. The game is one of the oldest bowls in the country and was first played in 1947 as the Tangerine Bowl.
The Pro Bowl Games will not be back: the NFL eliminated the game in 2026, and Orlando hosted its final stadium edition in 2025.
Golf
Golf across the calendar
Orlando golf does not sit in one month. Bay Hill belongs to early March, Grande Lakes to December, and Lake Nona to the turn of February.
Arnold Palmer Invitational
A PGA Tour Signature Event at the course Arnold Palmer owned and lived beside. It is the most gallery-friendly big-time golf week in town, with close ropes. Akshay Bhatia won the 2026 edition in a playoff.
PNC Championship
Major champions paired with a family member in a scramble at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club. Competition rounds are Dec 19 and 20. Brooks Koepka makes his debut alongside his father, Bob. The mood is relaxed, legends are within arm's reach, and kids are welcome.
LPGA Tournament of Champions
The Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions is the LPGA season opener at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club, with recent LPGA champions and a celebrity field. The galleries are small and access is high. Its concert series runs at Boxi Park during tournament week.
Where to Watch
When you are not in the building
Tom's Watch Bar and Reeves Sports Bar carry the guide's watch-party tag. The rest are the sports bars and gathering places around them, organized by the kind of night they make.
The tagged watch-party rooms
Tom's Watch Bar
I-Drive
A sports bar built like a stadium, with an oversized stadium screen, wall-to-wall screens and the rooftop Sky Bar. It is the convention corridor's watch spot.
Reeves Sports Bar
Downtown
A polished room on Central Boulevard, walking distance from Kia Center. It reads as a neighborhood bar first and a sports bar second.
Downtown and the corridors
Wall Street Plaza
Downtown
One downtown block that becomes the fan gathering point on big game nights, with the whole street given over to the party.
Fixtion Restaurant & Bar
Downtown
Comfort food, big booths and a giant screen on game days on Orange Avenue, before the room turns toward DJs after dark.
Stadium Club
Lake Buena Vista
A stadium-style room inside Caribe Royale, built around a wraparound ribbon screen. The parks corridor's spectacle option.
Yard House
ICON Park
The big-room guarantee at ICON Park: a wall of taps, a glass-enclosed keg room and a menu wide enough for mixed groups on game and convention nights.
Murphy's Pub Orlando
International Drive
A British-style soccer pub where any shirt is welcome. The screens carry Premier League football and expats treat the room as a home away from home.
Cavo's Bar & Kitchen
Thornton Park
The neighborhood sports bar on East Washington, and Eagles country in Orlando. The cheesesteak earns the trip on its own.
Neighborhood rooms
The Porch Winter Park
Winter Park
A converted garage turned open sports bar, with big screens, games and a broad comfort food menu built for a crew.
The Porch South Orange
SoDo
Front porch energy in a welcoming neighborhood room, with a patio built for game-day crowds and a hearty Southern menu.
Duffy's Sports Grill
Lake Mary
The north-side suburban option: TVs everywhere, a busy patio and a family-friendly game-day room.
Knight Library
UCF Area
UCF's rite-of-passage college bar on University Boulevard. Loud, packed and high energy, it pairs naturally with Bounce House and Addition Financial Arena nights.
Paddy's Pub Longwood
Longwood
A no-frills neighborhood sports pub with pool tables, dart boards and TVs tuned to the games.
Ain't Miss Behavin' Sports and Tiki Bar
Winter Park
A cozy sports and tiki hybrid with a local crowd, karaoke nights and a back tiki bar.
Boxi Park Lake Nona
Lake Nona
An open-air food park built from shipping containers, with a stage and room to wander. It hosts the concert side of LPGA Tournament of Champions week in Lake Nona.
Also on the Local Map
A standing note
How this page stays current
The seasonal frames are the durable part. The short right-now anchors are refreshed alongside the monthly events calendar, which is rebuilt at the start of every month.