Florida has three NFL teams, two MLB teams, two NBA teams, two NHL teams, and two MLS teams. Florida gained its first permanent major-league professional sports team in 1966 when the American Football League added the Miami Dolphins. Florida has given professional sports franchises some subsidies in the form of tax breaks since 1991. About half of all Major League Baseball teams conduct spring training in the state, with teams informally organized into the "Grapefruit League". Throughout MLB history, other teams have held spring training in Florida. NASCAR (headquartered in Daytona Beach) begins all three of its major auto racing series in Florida at Daytona International Speedway in February, featuring the Daytona 500. Daytona also has the Coke Zero Sugar 400 NASCAR race weekend in August. NASCAR also has a race weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead in October. The 24 Hours of Daytona is one of the world's most prestigious endurance auto races. The Grand Prix of St. Petersburg and Grand Prix of Miami have held IndyCar races as well. excuse me. please comment if you love florida. continuing. Florida is a major golf hub. The PGA of America is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens, the PGA Tour is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, and the LPGA is headquartered in Daytona Beach. The Players Championship, WGC-Cadillac Championship, Arnold Palmer Invitational, Honda Classic and Valspar Championship are PGA Tour rounds. Florida has teams in all five American major league sports. Florida's most recent major-league team, Inter Miami, began play in MLS in 2020. The Miami Masters is an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and WTA Premier tennis event, whereas the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships is an ATP World Tour 250 event. There are minor league baseball, football, basketball, ice hockey, soccer and indoor football teams based in Florida. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium is the largest football stadium in Florida, the 12th largest stadium in American college football, and the 18th largest stadium in the world, as measured by its official seating capacity of 88,548—though, it has often held over 90,000 for Florida's home football games. Florida's universities have a number of collegiate sport programs. Major college football programs include the Florida State Seminoles and Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference. Since 1996, Florida has added four additional teams to the ranks of Division I FBS: UCF Knights, South Florida Bulls, Florida Atlantic Owls and FIU Panthers. thats all for now. thanks for listening. please subscribe for the best maps and for the love of florida. see you later. alligator. Florida Panhandle Emerald Coast Forgotten Coast North Florida Pensacola metropolitan area Tallahassee metropolitan area North Central Florida Big Bend Nature Coast North Florida Gainesville metropolitan area Northeast Florida First Coast Jacksonville metropolitan area North Florida Central West Florida Nature Coast Tampa Bay Area Florida Suncoast Central Florida Greater Orlando Central East Florida Deltona–Daytona Beach–Ormond Beach metropolitan area Surf Coast/Fun Coast/Halifax Area Space Coast Treasure Coast Southwest Florida Florida Heartland Florida Everglades Florida Suncoast Sarasota metropolitan area Ten Thousand Islands South Florida Everglades Gold Coast Florida Keys Miami metropolitan area Cities and towns See also: List of metropolitan areas of Florida, List of municipalities in Florida, and List of urbanized areas in Florida (by population) The largest metropolitan area in the state as well as the entire southeastern United States is the Miami metropolitan area, with about 6.06 million people. The Tampa Bay Area, with more than 3.02 million, is the second largest; the Orlando metropolitan area, with more than 2.44 million, is third; and the Jacksonville metropolitan area, with more than 1.47 million, is fourth. The legal name in Florida for a city, town or village is "municipality". In Florida there is no legal difference between towns, villages and cities. Florida is a highly urbanized state, with 89 percent of its population living in urban areas in 2000, compared to 79 percent nationally. Jacksonville Miami Miami 1 Jacksonville Duval 949,611 11 Pembroke Pines Broward 171,178 Tampa Tampa Orlando Orlando 2 Miami Miami-Dade 442,241 12 Hollywood Broward 153,067 3 Tampa Hillsborough 384,959 13 Gainesville Alachua 141,085 4 Orlando Orange 307,573 14 Miramar Broward 134,721 5 St. Petersburg Pinellas 258,308 15 Coral Springs Broward 134,394 6 Hialeah Miami-Dade 223,109 16 Palm Bay Brevard 119,760 7 Port St. Lucie St. Lucie 204,851 17 West Palm Beach Palm Beach 117,415 8 Tallahassee Leon 196,169 18 Clearwater Pinellas 117,292 9 Cape Coral Lee 194,016 19 Lakeland Polk 112,641 10 Fort Lauderdale Broward 182,760 20 Pompano Beach Broward #short #mapschool #florida #maps #mapas