The annual rivalry recreation between Florida and Georgia will stay in Jacksonville for the 2024 and the ’25 faculty soccer seasons, the applications introduced on Wednesday.
The choice comes as the present settlement between the faculties and town of Jacksonville was set to run out after this yr’s recreation. The applications exercised an possibility to increase the contract for 2 extra seasons and can formally notify Jacksonville leaders of their choices this week.
“We’re happy with the choice to train the choice that can hold the sport in Jacksonville for 2024 and 2025,” Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks stated in an announcement. “We stay up for discussions that I’m positive will proceed over the following couple years exploring all of the choices for 2026 and past.”
The rivalry recreation historically has been performed at TIAA Financial institution Discipline, house to the NFL’s Jaguars. Nonetheless, the stadium is slated to endure renovations, presumably beginning as quickly as 2025.
Earlier this month, Jacksonville mayor Lenny Curry noted that the clash between the two SEC East schools might be held at every program’s house stadium for 2 years whereas the Jaguars’ stadium is renovated.
The UF-UGA matchup has been performed virtually completely in Jacksonville since 1933. The one exceptions had been ’94 and ’95, when TIAA Financial institution Discipline was present process a spherical of renovations. Throughout that two-year span, the faculties performed the sport at their respective house fields.
