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Old September 1st, 2008, 10:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
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# Orlando Events Center Information

Opening: Fall 2010
Cost: $380 million (total construction cost)
Location: Downtown Orlando; bound by Church St. (north); Hughey Ave. (east); South St. (south); Division Ave. (west)
Owner: City of Orlando
Developer: Events Center Development, LLC
Operator: Allen Johnson, City of Orlando
Primary Tenants: Orlando Magic; Orlando Predators
Functions: NBA and collegiate basketball, arena football, indoor soccer, concerts, hockey, circuses, stage shows, exhibitions
Design Architect: HOK Sport
Local Architects: C.T. Hsu + Associates; Baker Barrios Architects, Inc.
Construction Manager: Hunt Construction Group in association with Rey Group, R.L. Burns, Inc., HZ Construction and Albu & Asscociates, Inc.
Program Manager: Turner Construction Company
Site Acreage: 8.75 acres
Number of Levels: 7: Event Level; Founders Level; Disabled Seating Level; Main Concourse; Club Level; Terrace Level; Press Box Level
Square Footage: 800,000 square feet
Seating Capacities: 19,000 (center stage concert)
16,000 (end stage concert)
18,500 (NBA)
20,000 (NCAA basketball)
17,200 (hockey/arena football)
Premium Spaces: 56 suites; 4 Chairman suites; 2 super suites; 4 party suites (suites distributed on two levels)
1,428 club seats
328 loge seats
Sustainable Design: Sustainable building design will exist in various categories, including a sustainable site; water efficiency; energy optimization and atmosphere protection; materials and resource conservation; indoor environmental quality and health; and environmentally preferred operations and maintenance
MBE/WBE Participation: Commitment to Blueprint; 31% for design phase

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I actually think it looks pretty ugly.
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I actually think it looks pretty ugly.
It thinks you look pretty ugly
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I actually think it looks pretty ugly.
Boo.
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"New Events Center" is a terrible name for an arena.
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"New Events Center" is a terrible name for an arena.
I've been wondering who's going to get the naming rights. I kinda like the name Amway Arena.
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So is FIU Stadium
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So is FIU Stadium
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looks a bit like american airlines arena
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