The following proposal to save Tinker Field was presented to Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs and all County Commissioners in December during an official Board of County Commissioners’ discussion on the fate of Tinker Field. The proposal was also delivered to City Commissioners Sheehan, Hill and Ings. Dear Mayor Jacobs and Commissioners,… [read more]
This was never how eminent domain was supposed to be used. To build a soccer stadium on someone’s private property, destroying a local church of all things?! Seriously? But that’s exactly what Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer is doing. The City of Orlando plans to take Faith Deliverance Temple located on… [read more]
Today, at 2pm, the Orange County Board of Commissioners will hold the public hearing and vote on the venues package, which includes the soccer stadium proposal. Here are my written remarks for today’s meeting to Mayor Teresa Jacobs and Orange County Commissioners: Thank you Mayor Jacobs and County Commissioners for… [read more]
There’s really no other way to put it. No matter what Buddy Dyer, the city of Orlando or the soccer team says, the latest stadium gambit makes no economic sense. In fact, every academic economic report confirms there is NO local economic impact from publicly financed stadiums or professional sports.… [read more]