ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Orlando officials have approved plans for a new 140,000-square-foot multipurpose event center near Camping World Stadium.<\/p>\n
The project is part of a larger $400 million round of upgrades at Camping World Stadium, funded through Orange County\u2019s tourist development tax. It will host civic events and youth sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019ll be able to accommodate 16 volleyball (courts), eight basketball courts, all kinds of youth sports activities and community activities. So, it\u2019s going to be a great location, a great addition to the Camping World campus,\u201d Orlando’s Chief Venues Officer Allen Johnson said.<\/p>\n
The event center will be built on a 3.9-acre site at the corner of Church Street and Tampa Avenue. In 2025, the city bought properties there and added them to the downtown Community Redevelopment Agency boundary in 2026.<\/p>\n
The city will demolish the Tabernacle of Praise Ministry church, which is currently on the lot, to make room for the new event center.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to change the whole neighborhood for the better,\u201d resident James Drayton said.<\/p>\n
He has lived near Camping World Stadium for more than 20 years, and over time he has seen the area change quite a lot, and he welcomes the idea of the event center.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be great. And I look forward to something, something of significance being put over there,\u201d Drayton said.<\/p>\n
Renderings shared by the city show what the project would look like once completed. Johnson says the focus of the facility will be around youth sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cThink about fan fest pre-events, concert fan fest, bowl games fan fest. We\u2019re going to have that right now within steps of our front door,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n
According to the city, the event center will cost an estimated $61 million. District 5 City Commissioner Shan Rose said the project will be an economic boost to the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis creates an opportunity for Orlando to continue to grow as a world-class city, especially in our sports and entertainment world. This gives small businesses the opportunity to continue to grow, continue to thrive,\u201d Rose said.<\/p>\n
Johnson said the design and build team is kicking off the project today and expects it to be completed by the end of 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Orlando officials have approved plans for a new 140,000-square-foot multipurpose event center near Camping World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349056,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[766,115,1335,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-349055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-massiel-leyva","tag-news","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349055\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}