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Pete C

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  1. 2 hours ago, Ocityst said:

    Wow, this is really surprising. We already have 2 high-speed indoor karting places in that area, one of which is right next to the location they are targeting...I-Drive Nascar, which also uses the latest generation Sodikarts. It looks almost identical to Andretti Speed Lab in Atlanta where I used to go. Racing, arcade, food, and drinks in an upscale environment.

    http://www.idrivenascar.com/

    The other one is by Florida Mall, K1 Speed. This one looks like a less upscale type of venue, but the karts are even faster at 45 mph.

    https://www.k1speed.com/orlando-location.html

     

  2. I think the owners being bar owners are just going to stick to the classics. Traditional diner food in a funky space.

    The 24-hour diner will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner with a menu of comfort food classics such as omelets, biscuits and gravy, and pancakes for breakfast to meatloaf, chicken pot pie and shepherd’s pie for dinner.

  3. Thank goodness this project was approved!! Looks like logic prevailed instead of backdoor deals and lobbyists. I am quite sure Buddy is secretly happy this went through even though the city voted against it to please Universal. I-drive is going to be a tourism force over the next decade.

    I also love that a new height precedent has been set.

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    For many years, it had the blue and white circular AT&T logo on the wall facing Magnolia where the mural is now.

    Before that, it was recognizable by the ugly microwave towers that were mounted on it's roof.

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    Okay, this is not the area I thought you guys were talking about. The location I have thought would be a great spot for a museum is across Robinson from Lake Eola's northern side...the glass buildings here. Not that they'd be willing to move.

     

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  5. If we could vaporize the ATT building and put it on that lot across from the lake, it would be awesome. One can dream, right?  Actually, the parking lot across from Dynetech/Aspire/One Eleven/Whatever the hell they are calling it now would be a decent option too.

     

    This location has really been my dream location for a downtown art museum for the longest time. Imagine that rising up across from the lake, with a raised outdoor cafe and terrace.

  6. I don't even like the name Lions for the men's team. Talk about putting zero thought into something. At least they could have named them after a local big cat species, like The Panthers or something.

    Maybe just a call the gals The Tigers and be done with it.

     

    Actually there was thought put into that name. They chose Lions because that was the name of the first minor league soccer team in Orlando.

  7. With the exception of the last pic with the score board in the corner, most of these look like the original plan.  Some of the pictures above still show Church Street side open, except as I mentioned, the last one.  Maybe that's why the link does work now, and there is no mention on the OCSC website.

    The first pic is the old design, the second pic is the new design with the Church St side completely filled and the bar/jumbo tron moved to the corner. It is the same angle and there is no longer any open spaceIt's going to be officially unveiled at 10:30 today with more renderings.

     

    New stadium essentially puts another Grand Stand on Church Street side. Corners still not filled in so probably can be expanded further in future.

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    Only this corner is not filled...you can see the opposite corner goes all the way to the top and my guess is the same for the other two. At the very least the two corners next to the supporters will be full stands top to bottom, except no roof.

  8. Someone is going to be killed on either Robinson along Lake Eola or Mills north of Colonial if they remain the way they are. I had a close call myself on Robinson. Parked in Eola Heights and waited and waited, and right when I stepped down onto the road someone whipped around a corner and was bearing down on me. It's insane to have a road like that with no intersections or crosswalks leading to the busiest park in the city. The park has become too popular and many people park in Eola Heights.

    Mills is a similar situation where many restaurants and bars have people parking along the street, crossing the street, drinking, etc. Recipe for disaster, especially in Orlando.

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  9. ^^ I'm not sure I get this.  In the Collier poster it only says "1/2 Block Lot for sale."  There is a disclaimer that the rendering (intended to show a suggested use for the lot) is not to be taken as an actual project.  This rendering looks the same as another project 7-8 years ago to be built a bit further to the east, possibly behind the Panera Bread store that never got built.  Comments about the design then were similarly negative.

     

    Not sure if this is the lot you were thinking of, but the building slated for the empty lot just south of Panera looked a lot different. It was very modern. This is the only image I could find...

     

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  10. Yeah...you bring up a good point. Now that I think about it, it is probably more than adding just the 3 corners when they said the fully expanded design is 27,500. At the Citrus Bowl, which has a much larger lower bowl, with the corners covered the capacity is 20,000 and adding the corners gets you to 24,000 (they are getting over 30K by opening the middle Plaza level). So that is only a 4,000 seat increase with the corners, and that is adding four corners.

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