Throughout the years, our Central Florida
region has joined together in historic partnerships to not only create, but to accomplish a shared vision for the future of our
community. From the development of our
Medical City at Lake Nona, to our worldclass community venues, to SunRail, our
regional leaders' willingness to work together has resulted in several milestone
accomplishments for Orlando in a short
period of time.
lando have the resources they need to draw for their continued partnership. The renew events and grow the number of international visitors to our community.
We have already seen the caliber of events
we can attract to Orlando with the Amway
Center including the NBA All-Star Game,
World Championship Boxing and NCAA
Basketball Tournaments. With a new performing arts center, enhanced Citrus Bowl
and soccer-specific stadium, we have the
ability to host hundreds of more events
Last night, we celebrated another mile- and attract millions of additional visitors
stone for our community as the Orange to our region each year.
County Board of Commissioners voted to
approve a funding package to allow for the The visitors who attend these events spend
construction of a new Downtown Orlando money at our local businesses which
soccer stadium, a vital step in bringing Ma- equates to new jobs and opportunities for
jor League Soccer (MLS) to
everyone in Orlando and
Orlando and the first MLS
generates sales tax revenues
team in the southeast. The
that have benefits across the
package also provides adentire state of Florida. In
ditional funding for the
addition, many of the busiOrange County Convennesses who call Orlando
tion Center, Florida Cithome tell us that one of the
rus Bowl, the Dr. Phillips
top reasons for choosing
Center for the Performing
Central Florida is our high
Arts, Visit Orlando and
quality of life and amenities
the Central Florida Sports
like our hometown sports
Commission.
teams, community venues and the soonto-open SunRail.
Approval of this funding package will I would like to thank Mayor Jacobs and the
greatly benefit our region in several ways, Orange County Board of Commissioners
including new business opportunities for our local companies, new
jobs for our residents and by bringing even more visitors to our region.
The hospitality industry remains
the backbone of our economy and
increasing domestic and international travel is critical to ensuring
the economic growth of Central
Florida.
Through the ownership of Orlando
City Soccer, we have a unique opportunity to bring a world of soccer fans and their economic impact
to Central Florida's front door. The
approved funding package also
ensures that the Central Florida
Sports Commission and Visit Or-
About
The MLS
sults of our partnership will provide benefits for our local community for generations to come. I would also like to thank th ?)=??????
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