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I-Drive: the county's tourist-tax task force said no to funding another convention center expansion

noted Aug 31, 2026

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Orange County's Tourist Development Tax task force decided in August against a proposal to fund a further Orange County Convention Center expansion of more than $523 million (an Orlando Business Journal headline puts the ask at $541 million; the two accounts could not be compared directly). This is a separate request from the $560 million Grand Concourse expansion already under construction. The task force also rejected the Orlando Dreamers' $975 million baseball stadium request.

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