Where was the 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl held?
2008 Orange Bowl
The 2008 FedEx Orange Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Kansas Jayhawks on January 3, 2008, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Spread bettors favored Virginia Tech by three points, but in a game dominated by defensive and special teams play, Kansas defeated Virginia Tech 24–21. The game was part of the 2007–2008 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the concluding game of the season for both teams. This 74thedition of the Orange Bowl was televised in the United States on FOX and was watched by more than eight million viewers.
2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
For the third time, the Alamodome and the city of San Antonio hosted the Final Four, something it will do once more in 2018. The tournament featured five new buildings and two new host cities. For the first time ever, the tournament was played within the city of Detroit at Ford Field, the Detroit Lions' home stadium. Previous games in the Detroit area had been played at the Pontiac Silverdome and The Palace of Auburn Hills, both in the suburbs. For the first, and to date only, time, the tournament was held in the state of Arkansas at the Alltel Arena, located in North Little Rock and the state's second largest indoor venue after Bud Walton Arena on the campus of the University of Arkansas. For the first time since 1977, the tournament returned to Nebraska's largest city, this time at the new Qwest Center Omaha, the off-campus home of the Creighton Bluejays. The tournament also returned to Houston for the first time since 1986, this time at Reliant Stadium, the Houston Texans' home stadium. This marked the fifth different venue in the city of Houston to host games, a record tied in 2017 by Indianapolis, but which will be overtaken by Houston once more in 2020 when the Toyota Center is scheduled to host games. And finally, the Charlotte Bobcats Arena became the third arena in the city of Charlotte to host games, replacing the Charlotte Coliseum and Bojangles' Coliseum. To date, this tournament also marks the most recent appearance of the BJCC Arena (now known as Legacy Arena), a ten-time host to tournament games.