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| City Council approves $1.1 billion venues plan; City Council approves $1.1 billion venue | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 23 2007, 05:58 PM (1,302 Views) | |
| ec23456 | Jul 23 2007, 05:58 PM Post #1 |
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City Council approves $1.1 billion venues plan posted by Mark Skoneki on Jul 23, 2007 5:17:34 PM The Orlando City Council voted 6-1 today to approve a $1.1 billion project to transform downtown Orlando with a new arena and performing arts center and a renovated Citrus Bowl. The vote came after a briefing public hearing at City Hall that drew a standing-room-only crowd of about 200 people. The City Council’s approval of the plan championed by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer was expected. The Orange County Commission now must vote on the proposal, and its fate there is in much greater doubt. The county commission meets Thursday at the County Administration Building on South Rosalind Ave, with a public hearing that begins at 2 p.m. (Earlier, the meeting had been scheduled to start at 11 a.m.) Link:http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/downtown_makeover/index.html |
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| MAGICmanSAM | Jul 23 2007, 06:59 PM Post #2 |
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this is really good news. but the hard vote will be held on Wednesday. Let's hope it passes. |
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| yoyo65 | Jul 23 2007, 07:43 PM Post #3 |
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the county will pass it if the city says it will name the building after rosen and put his picture at center court cus he will back it than and donate 100 mil for the construction of it
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| Black and Blue | Jul 23 2007, 11:57 PM Post #4 |
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Well, at least we're one step closer. Good news in the short term. |
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| MAGICMANEVAN | Jul 24 2007, 08:56 AM Post #5 |
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Good news for sure that they passed the venues plan. Now we have two hard votes on Wednesday and Thursday. The main concern is the amount of money the Magic will put towards the Arena. The city would love to "give" the arena to the Magic, but some are continuously against the new arena until the Magic offer more money. Alex Martins, chief operating officer, said the Magic are putting together a good showing for thursday and will most likely be adding more money if thats what it takes to get a new arena in downtown. (I saw that on Fox news yesterday if any body was wondering.) |
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| Ben Q Rock | Jul 24 2007, 05:54 PM Post #6 |
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That doesn't jive with what Black and Blue said earlier today. I'm not calling you a liar, but I'm just saying.
I wish it were true.
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| Black and Blue | Jul 24 2007, 11:15 PM Post #7 |
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There still is a chance the Magic will contribute more money at the last second, but Martins' words earlier did indeed hint that that would not be the case. I just really hope this doesn't come down to our team dropping the ball. Even if they turn us down despite our best efforts it would be better than it being because of a gaffe by our execs. |
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| Black and Blue | Jul 25 2007, 10:13 AM Post #8 |
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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/bask...0,4334733.story
Sounds like instead of pledging more money, they are funding gyms and pledging to make the arena eco-friendly. They're trying to appeal to the specific council members without giving too much directly to the stadium. Might be smart. |
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| MAGICMANEVAN | Jul 25 2007, 02:02 PM Post #9 |
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Sounds great. Anything to get the Arena done, please.
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| TheFalcon | Jul 26 2007, 01:07 AM Post #10 |
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Crossing my fingers on this one... |
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| dxwwf3 | Jul 26 2007, 09:38 AM Post #11 |
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Sounds like today is the day |
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| Black and Blue | Jul 26 2007, 11:43 AM Post #12 |
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I will be doing a live online diary of the meeting at 2pm for those interested, going over the details of the proceedings: http://blackandbluemagic.blogspot.com/ This could be the biggest day in Orlando Magic history, for better or worse. |
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| MAGICmanSAM | Jul 26 2007, 01:20 PM Post #13 |
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My uncle will be speaking today at the voting to try to convince them to vote yes for the projects. He will be representing the Hispanic community. I hope he does a good job. |
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| dxwwf3 | Jul 26 2007, 02:37 PM Post #14 |
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Any other links for the hearing today? I just posted on B&B's blog to see if anyone not from this board might see it and know. A radio link that isn't choppy would be great, but the video on the Sentinel page is horrible. |
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| dxwwf3 | Jul 26 2007, 02:53 PM Post #15 |
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New video link: http://www.wftv.com/video/13761885/detail.html |
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