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NFL brings Pro Bowl to Orlando for third year in a row

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The NFL is coming to Orlando – albeit for just a week – for the third year in a row.

The league announced the 2019 Pro Bowl will be played at Camping World Stadium on Jan. 27. The game will be televised on WFTV Channel 9.

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The all-star game will be one week before Super Bowl LIII, which will be played at Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

When Camping World Stadium hosted the Pro Bowl in 2017 and 2018, attendance averaged nearly 56,000 people.

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Like the prior years, the league is expected to also host Pro Bowl Week festivities across the Orlando area.

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