Almost a year since the owners of Orlando City and Pride engaged in negotiations with Osceola County relating to the future of Osceola Heritage Park, the framework to improve and develop the Orlando City training facility and Osceola County Stadium, along with surrounding property, has been established and now awaits the approval of county leaders.Osceola County commissioners will vote during Monday’s commission meeting to approve and move forward with a Memorandum of Understanding between the soccer club and county relating to the development and use of those facilities located in Kissimmee.Should leaders authorize the MOU, it will kickstart negotiations toward a development and use agreement of OHP relating to the team’s training center and property within the Osceola County Stadium and land near Bill Beck Blvd and U.S. 192. The development and use agreement would have to be reached by July 31, 2026.“It’s a very important first step that we’re very excited to be here, but we still have some work to do, ” Osceola County deputy manager Donna Renberg told WESH 2. Project Next Plans to develop and improve Osceola Heritage Park originated last year.On Sept. 22, 2024, the county requested letters of interest to operate, purchase, and/or lease a portion of the property where Osceola Heritage Park is located for mixed-use development.That following November, the Wilf family, which owns and operates Orlando City and Pride as well as the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, was the only one to submit a letter of interest to the county.The bid included a nearly $1.3 billion proposal called Project Next, which included plans for apartments, hotels, restaurants, and retail as well as an expansion to the team’s training facility and improvements to Osceola County Stadium.By December 2024, Osceola County leaders gave the OK to proceed with negotiations to sell or lease parts of Osceola Heritage Park.The Silver Spurs Arena, Exhibition Hall, and Events Center are not among the properties up for sale or lease. The Framework Orlando City Soccer Club currently leases part of OHP and Osceola County Stadium for its MLS team, along with its reserve and academy teams.Included in the MOU is a 25-year lease agreement for Orlando City and Pride to operate the Orlando City training fields and Osceola County Stadium, with the option for the team to purchase the facilities and land should the county decide to sell at the end of those 25 years.The MOU also includes a provision stating that the team will relocate the Orlando Pride, including the team’s offices and support personnel, to OHP.The Pride compete in the National Women’s Soccer League and currently train at Sylvan Lake Park in Seminole County. Last month, however, Seminole County leaders voted to extend the Pride’s lease at that facility until 2028 with an option to extend to 2029.But there is a line in the MOU that says the county and team have a “collective goal of completing improvements” to the training grounds and stadium by the end of 2028.An estimated $50 million will be allocated toward the county’s facilities and public use areas located within the training fields and stadium, with the payment split evenly between the soccer team and the county. Osceola County will sell a portion of the land on OHP, which is located near Bill Beck Boulevard and Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, for an expected $450,000 per acre. As part of the agreement, the team will add a hotel and restaurant, as well as public access to grass fields.The framework does mention plans for a future sale of the portion of OHP near the corner of Fortune Road and Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway (U.S. 192), which the Wilf family proposes to build additional commercial space and residential living. County manager Don Fisher told WESH 2 that it’s possible that would require another Memorandum of Understanding, but the county decided to concentrate first on the east end of the property, located at the corner of Bill Beck Boulevard and Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway.There is also an understanding within the framework that will see Osceola County provide a portion of the property where the former Johnson University is located off Bill Beck Boulevard to Orlando City Soccer Club for use, while at the same time renovations to the training facility and stadium are being conducted.What comes nextShould Osceola County commissioners authorize the MOU, then negotiations for the development agreement between the county and the soccer team would begin, deputy county manager Donna Renberg told WESH 2. “The development agreement breaks down to the very particulars of the construction schedule, the different items to be renovated versus constructed,” said Renberg. “We’ve laid out the general framework is how I would describe the MOU.” The economic impact, according to the 2024 Project Next proposal, would contribute an annual fiscal surplus to the county between $2.4 million and $3.8 million while creating 855 permanent jobs.The Wilf family took full control of Orlando City Soccer Club, Orlando Pride, Inter&Co Stadium, and all soccer-related assets in July 2021.Mark Wilf currently serves as Orlando City SC and Orlando Pride’s chairman and governor.The Wilf family has owned the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings for the past two decades. Mike Gramajo is an Assignment Editor and Sportswriter at WESH 2, who has covered the Orlando soccer scene since 2012. You can follow his coverage over on X and Instagram.

Almost a year since the owners of Orlando City and Pride engaged in negotiations with Osceola County relating to the future of Osceola Heritage Park, the framework to improve and develop the Orlando City training facility and Osceola County Stadium, along with surrounding property, has been established and now awaits the approval of county leaders.

Osceola County commissioners will vote during Monday’s commission meeting to approve and move forward with a Memorandum of Understanding between the soccer club and county relating to the development and use of those facilities located in Kissimmee.

Should leaders authorize the MOU, it will kickstart negotiations toward a development and use agreement of OHP relating to the team’s training center and property within the Osceola County Stadium and land near Bill Beck Blvd and U.S. 192.

The development and use agreement would have to be reached by July 31, 2026.

“It’s a very important first step that we’re very excited to be here, but we still have some work to do, ” Osceola County deputy manager Donna Renberg told WESH 2.

Project Next

Plans to develop and improve Osceola Heritage Park originated last year.

On Sept. 22, 2024, the county requested letters of interest to operate, purchase, and/or lease a portion of the property where Osceola Heritage Park is located for mixed-use development.

That following November, the Wilf family, which owns and operates Orlando City and Pride as well as the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings, was the only one to submit a letter of interest to the county.

The bid included a nearly $1.3 billion proposal called Project Next, which included plans for apartments, hotels, restaurants, and retail as well as an expansion to the team’s training facility and improvements to Osceola County Stadium.

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By December 2024, Osceola County leaders gave the OK to proceed with negotiations to sell or lease parts of Osceola Heritage Park.

The Silver Spurs Arena, Exhibition Hall, and Events Center are not among the properties up for sale or lease.

The Framework

Orlando City Soccer Club currently leases part of OHP and Osceola County Stadium for its MLS team, along with its reserve and academy teams.

Included in the MOU is a 25-year lease agreement for Orlando City and Pride to operate the Orlando City training fields and Osceola County Stadium, with the option for the team to purchase the facilities and land should the county decide to sell at the end of those 25 years.

The MOU also includes a provision stating that the team will relocate the Orlando Pride, including the team’s offices and support personnel, to OHP.

The Pride compete in the National Women’s Soccer League and currently train at Sylvan Lake Park in Seminole County. Last month, however, Seminole County leaders voted to extend the Pride’s lease at that facility until 2028 with an option to extend to 2029.

But there is a line in the MOU that says the county and team have a “collective goal of completing improvements” to the training grounds and stadium by the end of 2028.

An estimated $50 million will be allocated toward the county’s facilities and public use areas located within the training fields and stadium, with the payment split evenly between the soccer team and the county.

Osceola County will sell a portion of the land on OHP, which is located near Bill Beck Boulevard and Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, for an expected $450,000 per acre. As part of the agreement, the team will add a hotel and restaurant, as well as public access to grass fields.

The framework does mention plans for a future sale of the portion of OHP near the corner of Fortune Road and Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway (U.S. 192), which the Wilf family proposes to build additional commercial space and residential living.

County manager Don Fisher told WESH 2 that it’s possible that would require another Memorandum of Understanding, but the county decided to concentrate first on the east end of the property, located at the corner of Bill Beck Boulevard and Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway.

There is also an understanding within the framework that will see Osceola County provide a portion of the property where the former Johnson University is located off Bill Beck Boulevard to Orlando City Soccer Club for use, while at the same time renovations to the training facility and stadium are being conducted.

What comes next

Should Osceola County commissioners authorize the MOU, then negotiations for the development agreement between the county and the soccer team would begin, deputy county manager Donna Renberg told WESH 2.

“The development agreement breaks down to the very particulars of the construction schedule, the different items to be renovated versus constructed,” said Renberg. “We’ve laid out the general framework is how I would describe the MOU.”

The economic impact, according to the 2024 Project Next proposal, would contribute an annual fiscal surplus to the county between $2.4 million and $3.8 million while creating 855 permanent jobs.

The Wilf family took full control of Orlando City Soccer Club, Orlando Pride, Inter&Co Stadium, and all soccer-related assets in July 2021.

Mark Wilf currently serves as Orlando City SC and Orlando Pride’s chairman and governor.

The Wilf family has owned the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings for the past two decades.

Mike Gramajo is an Assignment Editor and Sportswriter at WESH 2, who has covered the Orlando soccer scene since 2012. You can follow his coverage over on X and Instagram.