Back to the Miami Hurricanes Newsfeed

UM to mobilize in Orlando and practice for Toledo at Disney complex

Related Topics: Amway Arena

The Hurricanes are going to Disney World.

But this trip will be mostly, if not all, business — which at this point should be lots of fun for a football team that has not practiced since Sept. 5 because of Hurricane Irma.

The University of Miami announced Thursday that the 17th-ranked football program (1-0) “will be practicing at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla., in preparation for its Sept. 23 game against Toledo at Hard Rock Stadium.’’

UM released in a statement that “the UM athletic department made the decision to mobilize the Hurricanes to Orlando as campus leadership and emergency crews continue to assess the damage to the Coral Gables campus.