Sports in Jacksonville, Florida

Ten Jacksonville sports guides sit under this hub, split between the teams and venues that play today and the games and buildings that shaped the city's sporting past.

For the teams playing now, the Jacksonville Jaguars guide covers the NFL club, EverBank Stadium and the renovation; the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp guide covers Triple-A baseball at VyStar Ballpark; and the Jacksonville Icemen guide covers ECHL hockey at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. For the yearly events, the Florida-Georgia game guide follows the rivalry's 2026 move to Atlanta, the Gate River Run guide covers the city's road race, and the history of the Gator Bowl guide traces the bowl game's past.

For history, the Jacksonville baseball history guide covers the city's baseball past; the Jacksonville Coliseum and Veterans Memorial Arena guide follows the indoor arena from the Coliseum to the current building; the Jacksonville University 1970 Final Four guide tells the Dolphins' tournament run; and the Super Bowl XXXIX guide covers the game EverBank Stadium hosted (City of Jacksonville venues). Last verified: October 18, 2026, against the City of Jacksonville venue list, its 2024 financial report, the city's Georgia-Florida game FAQ and the 2026 schedules posted by the Jaguars, Jumbo Shrimp, Icemen and TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.

The NFL Jaguars, the Triple-A Jumbo Shrimp and the ECHL Icemen play home games at EverBank Stadium, VyStar Ballpark and VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, all three venues in the City of Jacksonville's City Venues Fund.

The 2026 Jaguars schedule lists home games at EverBank Stadium against Cleveland on September 13, New England on September 27, Indianapolis on November 1, Tennessee on November 29 and Pittsburgh on December 14, with a Washington home date still to be set (Jaguars). Two more games listed as Jaguars home games were played in London, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on October 11 and at Wembley Stadium on October 18. The city's game FAQ says the Jaguars stay at home for the 2026/27 NFL season, keeping as many games as possible in Jacksonville while construction goes on (City of Jacksonville FAQ).

The Icemen schedule for 2026-27 lists road games at Greenville on October 23, Savannah on October 24 and Orlando on October 30 before the Halloween home date, and a 10:30 AM school day game against the Savannah Ghost Pirates on Tuesday, November 3 (Icemen). The Jumbo Shrimp have already posted a 2027 printable schedule on their ballpark site (Jumbo Shrimp). The city's venue list also names the North American Soccer League's Jacksonville Armada FC as a tenant of the ballpark (City of Jacksonville venues).

The City of Jacksonville accounts for events at its big sports buildings in its City Venues Fund, and the city's game FAQ calls EverBank Stadium a city-owned asset (City of Jacksonville FAQ).

The city's fiscal 2024 report says that fund covers EverBank Stadium, Daily's Place, VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena, 121 Financial Ballpark, the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center and the Ritz Theater and Museum (City of Jacksonville ACFR).

The city's venue list describes EverBank Stadium as opened in 1995 and built by Haskell, with 64,000 seats that can be raised to more than 83,000, 89 suites, 20 cabanas and 2 swimming pools (City of Jacksonville venues). The same list says the ballpark was built in 2003 by HOK Construction, holds 10,000, and has 12 luxury skyboxes, 4 sky decks and a tiki terrace. Daily's Place, an amphitheater, is joined to the south end of the stadium and shares space with a flex field used as an indoor practice facility by the Jaguars.

The Better Jacksonville Plan, which the city approved in July 2000, lists an arena and a baseball park among its major projects (ACFR). In the report's summary of changes in net position, the City Venues line shows expenses of 104,877 thousand dollars in fiscal 2024 against 90,019 thousand in fiscal 2023.

One naming gap is worth knowing: the city's venue list and its 2024 report still call the ballpark 121 Financial Ballpark (City venue list), while the Jumbo Shrimp ballpark page heads its visitor notes Bragan Field at VyStar Ballpark and also prints 121 Financial Ballpark, 301 A. Philip Randolph Blvd. in its address block (Jumbo Shrimp). The arena's own site lists VyStar Ballpark among its other venues, with EverBank Stadium, Daily's Place, the Ritz Theatre and Museum, the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center and the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts (VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena).

The Stadium of the Future is the joint City of Jacksonville and Jaguars renovation of EverBank Stadium, due to finish in 2028.

The shared cost is $1.4 billion, of which the city's share is $775 million over four years starting in 2025 (City of Jacksonville ACFR).

The city's report says the deal includes a 30-year lease, a non-relocation agreement and money for riverfront parks and a flex field, and that the city and the Jaguars also jointly funded a $300 million community benefits agreement aimed at workforce development, affordable housing and the OutEast neighborhood beside the stadium (ACFR). The city's Georgia-Florida game FAQ puts the end of construction at August 2028 and calls the stadium a city-owned asset (City of Jacksonville FAQ).

The renovation moves two neutral-site traditions out of town for two seasons. The city's FAQ says the Georgia-Florida game is played in Atlanta in 2026 and in Tampa in 2027, and that RV City, the stadium lot camping tradition, will not take place during the 2026 and 2027 construction years (City FAQ). The 2026 game is set for October 31 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium under the name Invesco QQQ Atlanta Gridiron Classic (Mercedes-Benz Stadium). The TaxSlayer Gator Bowl stays: its 82nd game is listed for Wednesday, December 30, 2026, at 11:30 AM at Bill Gay Grounds at EverBank Stadium (TaxSlayer Gator Bowl).

The TaxSlayer Gator Bowl on December 30 and the Jaguars home schedule are the big stadium dates left in Jacksonville in 2026, while the Florida-Georgia game is in Atlanta in 2026 and Tampa in 2027 (City of Jacksonville FAQ).

The Gator Bowl's offices are at 1 Gator Bowl Boulevard, Jacksonville FL 32202, phone 904-798-1700, and its site links ticket and parking purchases (TaxSlayer Gator Bowl). Its site menu also lists a Florida State vs. Florida baseball game.

The city's venue list notes that EverBank Stadium has hosted Super Bowl XXXIX, U.S. men's and women's national soccer team games, World Cup qualifiers, Monster Jam, a Navy vs Notre Dame game and concerts (City of Jacksonville venues). The ballpark has hosted the Florida vs. Florida State baseball game and the Atlantic Coast Conference baseball championship from 2005 to 2008, by the same list. The city's Georgia-Florida game site says the rivalry has been held in Jacksonville since 1933 (City of Jacksonville game site).

Each team's own site carries its ticket links, and the Jumbo Shrimp say they do not control any parking within the sports complex, where prices change with events, so lot prices are worth checking for the specific event.

The Jumbo Shrimp say parking around VyStar Ballpark includes on-street spaces, lots managed by Legends Global, private garages and the old Jacksonville Fairgrounds site, that prices change with events at the Sports Complex, and that the team does not control any parking within the complex (Jumbo Shrimp). The Miller Electric Box Office near the main gate opens three hours before the first pitch of a home game, and ticket questions go to 904-358-2846. Listed seats run from $5 general admission and $10 outfield reserved on Tuesday to Thursday and Sunday up to $145 in the PNC Bank Home Plate Club, with higher Friday and Saturday prices.

Questions about city events and the Georgia-Florida game go to the City of Jacksonville Office of Sports and Entertainment at 214 North Hogan Street, 4th Floor, Jacksonville, FL 32202, phone (904) 255-5422 (City of Jacksonville game site). The Jaguars schedule page links tickets, parking maps and the bag policy for EverBank Stadium (Jaguars).