It’s looking more and more like the grand old days of the NFL’s Pro Bowl being played in Hawaii are all but over.
The league announced on Friday that the annual All-Star Game will be held in the Florida hub of Orlando for a third consecutive year.
NFL announces that the Pro Bowl will be back in Orlando for a third year in 2019. Now set for Jan. 27 at 3 p.m. at Camping World Stadium.
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) August 3, 2018
Unlike when the meaningless game was held in the 50th state, there’s not necessarily much of a draw for players to head to Florida.
Sure Orlando is a beautiful city, but the event has not drawn the best of the best in recent years. Don’t expect that to change in 2019.
Last year’s Pro Bowl drew a television rating of 4.2 with only 7.4 million viewers tuning in nationwide. It was the lowest-rated Pro Bowl since 2006.