New Year’s Day bowl in Orlando gets new sponsor

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Buffalo Wild Wings has signed on as the new title sponsor for Orlando’s New Year’s Day bowl game.

Florida Citrus Sports announced the change Tuesday. The move comes after the game’s former sponsor, Capital One, recently signed on to sponsor the Orange Bowl game in Miami.

The Orlando bowl will now be known be sponsored by Buffalo Wild Wings, and pair non-playoff teams from the Big Ten or Atlantic Coast Conference against a Southeastern Conference opponent.

The game will take place in the renovated Orlando Citrus Bowl Stadium and will be the first time the game has been known as the “Citrus Bowl” since 2003.

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