Big crowds expected for events showcasing Florida-Georgia game

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The festivities volition commencement contiguous astatine noon with the Florida-Georgia Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Luncheon.

Inside the stadium, Florida Gators legendary moving backmost Ciatrick Fason and antiaircraft backmost Keiwan Ratliff arsenic good arsenic Georgia Bulldog greats linebacker Thomas Davis and violative lineman Jon Sitcomb volition beryllium enshrined.

Fans volition besides person a accidental to get into the festive tone with a decorating contention kicking disconnected astatine 3:30 this day successful RV City.

But the rivalry extends past shot today. Across the thoroughfare from TIAA Bank Field, the Gators and Dawgs volition quadrate disconnected connected the diamond. The autumn classical volition instrumentality spot astatine 121 Financial Ballpark. First transportation is scheduled for 6:30p.m.

The artifact enactment volition proceed with a performance from Luke Combs aboriginal successful the nighttime from Vystar Memorial Arena.

It each leads up to Saturday’s NCAA rivalry crippled betwixt the Gators and Bulldogs astatine TIAA Bank Field.

Organizers were forced to cancel the ‘Duuuval Bold City Bash’ performance bash yesterday due to imaginable terrible weather.

On Thursday night, Michael Buble took the signifier astatine the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. Thousands of fans showed up.

Warren Merrill owns That Bar astatine the Arena, which is adjacent door.

“We’ve been preparing for similar 3 weeks,” Merrill said. “We’ve been buying a batch of liquor and a batch of brew and conscionable getting each ready.”

Jaydon Hodges, a Georgia fan, regularly attends the yearly festivities and was downtown Thursday night.

“I’ve been astir apt coming present for the past six years, and it’s ever a blast,” Hodges said.

The festivities astir the matchup were canceled past twelvemonth owed to the pandemic.

Merill says he’s looking guardant to the further concern again.

Not surprisingly, fans person packed RV City -- conscionable crossed from TIAA Bank Field -- successful the days starring up to the game.

You’ll find a oversea of Florida and Georgia flags.

“We were present successful 2019, and COVID benignant of enactment a damper connected that successful 2020. So present we’re back,” said Clint Letendre, a Florida fan.

For galore the play is much than a rivalry shot game.

“I emotion the comradery,” 1 instrumentality said. “For us, it’s go a household reunion.”

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