"It looked like it was raining in the stadium," said Rick Catlett, who is former president of the group that runs the Gator ...

"It looked like it was raining in the stadium," said Rick Catlett, who is former president of the group that runs the Gator Bowl game and also worked for the city when it was trying to draw an NFL ...

The 1983 Gator Bowl game was probably the last straw. The game, played Dec. 30, 1983, saw the University of Florida beat the Iowa Hawkeyes, 10-6, in Jacksonville's old Gator Bowl stadium. More than 80 ...