Renovation of a stadium in Orlando, Florida. Conceptual plans call for the renovation of a stadium.

https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2024/10/22/camping-world-stadium-upgrades-vans-warped-tour.html Steve Hogan has been kept plenty busy by recent events at Camping World Stadium. That includes one of the more unique requests he's gotten. As Tampa was preparing for the potential damage from Hurricane Milton, University of South Florida athletic director Michael Kelly asked the CEO of Florida Citrus Sports if Camping World Stadium could be an option as a replacement home for the football team's game against the University of Memphis on Oct. 12. Kelly told Orlando Business Journal in a statement the game came together in 48 hours. “This kind of collaboration showcases the strength of our communities and the dedication of everyone involved," Kelly said. "We couldn't be more appreciative of their partnership and swift action in making it all happen." Hogan said the stadium has been used that way in the past, including serving as a disaster assistance site for Hurricane Ian. "The storm rolls through, and Memphis has to get on a charter flight and make a decision to be here on that Friday, so we had about 24 hours to figure this out," Hogan said. "To see the city do that, in addition to filling 30,000 sandbags for this community prior to the hurricane at Camping World Stadium and being a fueling dock station for trucks that were going out statewide after the hurricane to get some of these gas stations back in commission. It shows these assets can do a lot for the community." That's not all that the organization has working when it comes to events, either. The Camping World Stadium campus was just named one of three sites which will host dates for the Vans Warped Tour's return in 2025, which will be the first time Orlando hosts the festival since its last full cross-country run in 2018. In addition, Florida Citrus Sports has been working with Orange County and the City of Orlando tied to upgrades at Camping World Stadium. The $400 million project — funded by hotel tax collections from Orange County — will include fully connecting the upper concourse of the stadium, replacing seats in the upper bowl and building a new indoor events center. Here Hogan spoke with Orlando Business Journal on what's next for Florida Citrus Sports, from the stadium work to big events coming next. What will it mean for Orlando and the Camping World Stadium campus to have Vans Warped Tour return? These festivals and performances are awesome. You had the Rolling Stones come both a few years ago and this year. That’s a huge footprint of visitation for these touring shows. You think about fans around the country, including those in the southeast, are looking for the destination they want to go to see that act. Festivals like Warped Tour are no different. EDC Orlando brings 100,000 people a day for three days. Warped Tour is adjacent to it on the calendar. It’s a destination choice. You are getting three or four nights of hotel stays. For a touring show, typically you get 45,000 out-of-town guests for a crowd of 60,000. That is a really strong out-of-market visitation for music events. The more, the merrier. If we can continue to book festivals as flagpole events, and continue to get the touring business to round out the calendar in terms of how entertainment uses Camping World’s campus, that’s the vision of the future. If you can get four or five touring show stops, and then have tentpole events like Warped Tour or EDC, we’re in business. What’s next for the upgrades to Camping World Stadium? I know everyone is excited and impatient at the same time. We want to keep moving — the community wants to keep moving. When you are making decisions around major events you’re doing it years in advance. That’s why it is important to have certainty. The city and county have been negotiating the bond agreement, the financing structure that allows the city to bond this stadium’s work. The city, venues office [and] Florida Citrus Sports have been working in tandem to procure the program management team for the stadium project, which is Turner & Townsend Heery. We expect by the end of this week an architect will be selected for this work, and the last thing will be the construction management team which will be in place we hope by the end of this year. You will design the rest of 2025, do maybe some construction in the back end of 2025 and all of 2026, with the hope you’re ready for the 2027 football season. We’d all love to make an argument for the Jacksonville Jaguars and we would love to host the Florida-Georgia [college football] game. There’s a ton of business to be ready for 2027. We’re tracking for that, but we need the final blessing of the financial plan to happen, hopefully by November. There’s no official date, but the county and city are getting close to scheduling a vote. What’s next for the Jacksonville Jaguars to consider Orlando and Gainesville for games in the 2027 season We’re excited for them that they got through that final step with the NFL with their stadium upgrades. That was the trigger for the Jaguars to make a decision on 2027 more permanently. Now that it has happened, the next step, as I understand, is they needed to dive into the terms of Gainesville and Orlando, getting through some of those details and making a final decision. There’s no hard and fast timeline for them, but I would expect it to accelerate between now and the end of this calendar year. That is my guess — I am not speaking for the Jaguars. We’re in the middle of the football season for both them and the University of Florida, so it’s difficult to get all these things done. You want to look ahead and plan for those seasons. I would expect by the end of the year they will have a good idea of where they want to go What kind of soccer tournaments and matches are coming up next for Camping World Stadium Our organization has placed a bunch of big bets on the global stage. We have been a big part of soccer, from the Olympics in 1996, the 1994 World Cup, we’ve done friendlies in the stadium that have been great. If you look at the modern era, you had Arsenal and Chelsea coming out of Covid-19 with a sellout, rolling into Real Madrid and Juventus, going into Manchester City and FC Barcelona. This is the Mount Rushmore of global brands and they have been playing in little ol’ Orlando and selling out this building. We’re proud of that and feel good about going ahead. The FIFA Club World Cup success, which we were a big part of along with the Greater Orlando Sports Commission, city of Orlando, Orlando City SC and Orange County, we said let’s have both venues in this competition, and it’s the only city with two in the competition. To think you might have as many as eight games, some of those in knockout rounds, is powerful and that’s the credibility of this community. We intend to have one of our major club games after that competition in late July and soon we will announce our January matchups, which are often our South American teams. Last year we had Flamengo play Orlando City, and those are powerful games. ___________________________________ https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2024/10/22/camping-world-stadium-upgrades-vans-warped-tour.html Steve Hogan has been kept plenty busy by recent events at Camping World Stadium. That includes one of the more unique requests he's gotten. As Tampa was preparing for the potential damage from Hurricane Milton, University of South Florida athletic director Michael Kelly asked the CEO of Florida Citrus Sports if Camping World Stadium could be an option as a replacement home for the football team's game against the University of Memphis on Oct. 12. Kelly told Orlando Business Journal in a statement the game came together in 48 hours. “This kind of collaboration showcases the strength of our communities and the dedication of everyone involved," Kelly said. "We couldn't be more appreciative of their partnership and swift action in making it all happen." The Camping World Stadium campus was just named one of three sites that will host dates for the Vans Warped Tour's return in 2025, which will be the first time Orlando hosts the festival since its last full cross-country run in 2018. In addition, Florida Citrus Sports has been working with Orange County and the City of Orlando tied to upgrades at Camping World Stadium. The $400 million project — funded by hotel tax collections from Orange County — will include fully connecting the upper concourse of the stadium, replacing seats in the upper bowl and building a new indoor events center. Here Hogan spoke with Orlando Business Journal on what's next for Florida Citrus Sports, from the stadium work to big events coming next. What’s next for the Jacksonville Jaguars to consider Orlando and Gainesville for games in the 2027 season? We’re excited for them that they got through that final step with the NFL with their stadium upgrades. That was the trigger for the Jaguars to make a decision on 2027 more permanently. Now that it has happened, the next step, as I understand, is they needed to dive into the terms of Gainesville and Orlando, getting through some of those details and making a final decision. There’s no hard and fast timeline for them, but I would expect it to accelerate between now and the end of this calendar year. That is my guess — I am not speaking for the Jaguars. We’re in the middle of the football season for both them and the University of Florida, so it’s difficult to get all these things done. You want to look ahead and plan for those seasons. I would expect by the end of the year they will have a good idea of where they want to go. What will it mean for Orlando and the Camping World Stadium campus to have Vans Warped Tour return? These festivals and performances are awesome. You had the Rolling Stones come both a few years ago and this year. That’s a huge footprint of visitation for these touring shows. You think about fans around the country, including those in the Southeast, are looking for the destination they want to go to see that act. Festivals like Warped Tour are no different. EDC Orlando brings 100,000 people a day for three days. Warped Tour is adjacent to it on the calendar. It’s a destination choice. You are getting three or four nights of hotel stays. For a touring show, typically you get 45,000 out-of-town guests for a crowd of 60,000. That is a really strong out-of-market visitation for music events. The more, the merrier. If we can continue to book festivals as flagpole events, and continue to get the touring business to round out the calendar in terms of how entertainment uses Camping World’s campus, that’s the vision of the future. If you can get four or five touring show stops, and then have tentpole events like Warped Tour or EDC, we’re in business. What’s next for the upgrades to Camping World Stadium? I know everyone is excited and impatient at the same time. We want to keep moving — the community wants to keep moving. When you are making decisions around major events you’re doing it years in advance. That’s why it is important to have certainty. The city and county have been negotiating the bond agreement, the financing structure that allows the city to bond this stadium’s work. The city, venues office [and] Florida Citrus Sports have been working in tandem to procure the program management team for the stadium project, which is Turner & Townsend Heery. We expect by the end of this week an architect will be selected for this work, and the last thing will be the construction management team which will be in place we hope by the end of this year. You will design the rest of 2025, do maybe some construction in the back end of 2025 and all of 2026, with the hope you’re ready for the 2027 football season. We’d all love to make an argument for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and we would love to host the Florida-Georgia [college football] game. There’s a ton of business to be ready for 2027. We’re tracking for that, but we need the final blessing of the financial plan to happen, hopefully by November. There’s no official date, but the county and city are getting close to scheduling a vote. What kind of soccer tournaments and matches are coming up next for Camping World Stadium? Our organization has placed a bunch of big bets on the global stage. We have been a big part of soccer, from the Olympics in 1996, the 1994 World Cup, we’ve done friendlies in the stadium that have been great. If you look at the modern era, you had Arsenal and Chelsea coming out of Covid-19 with a sellout, rolling into Real Madrid and Juventus, going into Manchester City and FC Barcelona. This is the Mount Rushmore of global brands and they have been playing in little ol’ Orlando and selling out this building. We’re proud of that and feel good about going ahead. The FIFA Club World Cup success, which we were a big part of along with the Greater Orlando Sports Commission, city of Orlando, Orlando City SC and Orange County, we said let’s have both venues in this competition, and it’s the only city with two in the competition. To think you might have as many as eight games, some of those in knockout rounds, is powerful and that’s the credibility of this community. We intend to have one of our major club games after that competition in late July and soon we will announce our January matchups, which are often our South American teams. Last year we had Flamengo play Orlando City, and those are powerful games. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2024/10/11/usf-football-camping-world-stadium.html The University of South Florida's Saturday home game against the University of Memphis has been moved to Orlando after Hurricane Milton. USF said the Bulls will take on the Memphis Tigers at Camping World Stadium. Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. The Bulls play their home games at Raymond James Stadium, the home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The West Tampa area surrounding USF was one of the hardest-hit by Milton, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said Thursday. "The decision to move the game from Raymond James Stadium was made in consultation with local law enforcement in the interest of public safety," USF said in a statement, "and with respect for the response and recovery efforts under way in the Tampa Bay area following Hurricane Milton in addition to various logistical challenges related to the storm that affected both schools." USF plans to break ground on its on-campus football stadium on Oct. 18. Meanwhile, the University of Central Florida will play its game at FBC Mortgage Stadium against the University of Cincinnati at 3:30 p.m. as scheduled. The university moved games for some of its other sports earlier in the week due to the storm. ________________________________ https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2024/09/26/camping-world-stadium-renovation-project The committee overseeing Camping World Stadium’s $400M renovation project met yesterday in Orlando and shortlisted six architecture firms for interviews in early October. _____________________________________________________________________________________ https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2024/09/29/camping-world-inter-co-fifa-world-cup-club.html Editor's note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership with WFTV. Subscribers will see stories like this on our website and in our daily emails as an added value to your subscription. FIFA has announced Orlando and its two stadiums will host games for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. Camping World Stadium and Inter&Co stadiums are two of 12 venues selected to host the 2025 FIFA World Cup. The tournament starts June 15, and the final is scheduled for July 13 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. See the full story from WFTV's Carl-Max Millionard. Earlier this month, The Guardian reported that Inter&Co Stadium in Orlando was among the venues that will host games during the tournament, which includes 32 professional teams from six separate soccer confederations. The tournament is scheduled to be played in June and July of 2025. ______________________________________________ https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2024/09/06/camping-world-stadium-expansion-florida-sports.html Orlando City Council soon will consider a pair of key steps tied to the expansion of Camping World Stadium. Commissioners on Sept. 9 will vote on the project manager ranking, as well as a separate item for a joint project agreement with nonprofit Florida Citrus Sports. The $400 million project — funded by hotel tax collections from Orange County — will include fully connecting the upper concourse of the stadium, replacing seats in the upper bowl and building a new indoor events center. The stadium project could be important to the Jacksonville Jaguars, who will need a temporary home for a season during their stadium renovations. The team will not play in Jacksonville during the 2027 season. The team is expected to choose between Orlando and Gainesville. City spokeswoman Andrea Otero told Orlando Business Journal the next steps include an ongoing bid process for a design firm, which is due Sept. 12 and would go before city council in the near future. The city and county still are working on an interlocal and funding agreement for the terms of the hotel tax revenue for the venue and does not have a timetable. Otero said there is no set timeline to start construction. Florida Citrus Sports CEO Steve Hogan previously told OBJ the goal for his organization would be to have work start in 2025 and be complete by August or September 2027 in time for football season “There are so many opportunities to come after that, whether it is more kickoff games, the college football national championship, the Florida/Georgia game we’re going to pitch for 2027. The Jacksonville Jaguars will make a decision [on their temporary home], and if the NFL decides to add another game in the NFL regular season, we have to be ready for those types of activities." Approval of the project manager item would lead to city staff negotiating with Turner & Townsend Heery LLC, the top-ranked firm. The firm would help the city pick the design team for the project, as well as prepare the request for proposals and select a project construction manager. Meanwhile, the joint project agreement will help align the city and Florida Citrus Sports on procuring architectural, consulting and construction services for the project, as well as to finalize the design of the city-owned venue's upgrades. While not finalized, the agreement also includes which potential elements may be included in the final scope of work: Replacement of upper-level seating from benches as a part of an effort to go from 63,000 capacity to 65,000 for sporting events. New towers in the north and south sides of the stadium, as well as the potential for retractable seating in the lower bowl of the south side to allow for a stage. Interior renovation of the existing east and west suite levels. Replacement of terrace-level amenities and full connection of the level around the stadium. A multipurpose events center that could host concerts, sports and other events like banquets and conventions. Improvements to parking, drainage, Wi-Fi and other infrastructure. Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said the investment in Camping World Stadium will help the region keep its momentum when it comes to drawing events that bring sports tourism, like the NFL Pro Bowl Games and more. For example, the 2024 edition of the NFL all-star game brought 30,000 out-of-town visitors. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2024/09/05/camping-world-stadium-expansion-florida-sports.html Orlando City Council soon will consider a pair of key steps tied to the expansion of Camping World Stadium. Commissioners on Sept. 9 will vote on the project manager ranking, as well as a separate item for a joint project agreement with nonprofit Florida Citrus Sports. The $400 million project — funded by hotel tax collections from Orange County — will include fully connecting the upper concourse of the stadium, replacing seats in the upper bowl and building a new indoor events center. Approval of the project manager item would lead to city staff negotiating with Turner & Townsend Heery LLC, the top-ranked firm. The firm would help the city pick the design team for the project, as well as prepare the request for proposals and select a project construction manager. Meanwhile, the joint project agreement will help align the city and Florida Citrus Sports on procuring architectural, consulting and construction services for the project, as well as to finalize the design of the city-owned venue's upgrades. While not finalized, the agreement also includes which potential elements may be included in the final scope of work: Replacement of upper-level seating from benches as a part of an effort to go from 63,000 capacity to 65,000 for sporting events. New towers in the north and south sides of the stadium, as well as the potential for retractable seating in the lower bowl of the south side to allow for a stage. Interior renovation of the existing east and west suite levels. Replacement of terrace-level amenities and full connection of the level around the stadium. A multipurpose events center that could host concerts, sports and other events like banquets and conventions. Improvements to parking, drainage, Wi-Fi and other infrastructure. City spokeswoman Andrea Otero told Orlando Business Journal the next steps include an ongoing bid process for a design firm, which is due Sept. 12 and would go before city council in the near future. The city and county still are working on an interlocal and funding agreement for the terms of the hotel tax revenue for the venue and does not have a timetable. Otero said there is no set timeline to start construction. Florida Citrus Sports CEO Steve Hogan previously told OBJ the goal for his organization would be to have work start in 2025 and be complete by August or September 2027 in time for football season “There are so many opportunities to come after that, whether it is more kickoff games, the college football national championship, the Florida/Georgia game we’re going to pitch for 2027. The Jacksonville Jaguars will make a decision [on its temporary home], and if the NFL decides to add another game in the NFL regular season, we have to be ready for those types of activities." Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said the investment in Camping World Stadium will help the region keep its momentum when it comes to drawing events that bring sports tourism, like the NFL Pro Bowl Games and more. For example, the 2024 edition of the NFL all-star game brought 30,000 out-of-town visitors. Orlando this year was ranked Sports Business Journal's No. 1 city among the Best Sports Business Cities for event hosting. _________________________________ https://www.connectcre.com/stories/orlando-prepping-stadium-for-future/ Orlando Prepping Stadium for Future City of Orlando is moving forward on $400 million in upgrades for Camping World Stadium. The next step is picking a project manager and design team to make changes that include connecting the upper concourse of the stadium, replacing seats in the upper bowl and building a new 100,000-square-foot events center. The money will come from Orange County tourist development taxes. The stadium is the host of the Tangerine and Florida Citrus college football bowl games. In a addition, it hosts a number of other entertainment events such as rock concerts (Billy Joel, Def Leppard, Garth Brooks), Wrestlemania and monster truck contests. The Orlando Business Journal reports the stadium operators hope the improvements will attract a national college football championship, the Jacksonville Jaguars when the have to leave their own stadium during improvements and various other NFL games. ______________________________________________________ https://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/news/2024/08/05/camping-world-stadium-upgrades.html City of Orlando leaders are making progress on naming a key part of the project team for upgrades at Camping World Stadium. The city is working through the selection of a project manager for the proposed upgrades to the city-owned venue, which is being funded by $400 million in Orange County tourist development taxes. The work includes fully connecting the upper concourse of the stadium, replacing seats in the upper bowl and building a new 100,000-square-foot events center. The manager would help the city pick the design team for the project, as well as prepare the request for proposals and select a project construction manager. City of Orlando spokeswoman Ashley Papagni told Orlando Business Journal the project manager role will go before the Orlando City Council for approval in the next month or so, while the construction manager bid process will start in the near future. Florida Citrus Sports CEO Steve Hogan told OBJ the organization is working with the city, which is leading the process. The goal is to have the construction manager role bid out in the fall, start work in 2025 and be complete by August or September 2027 in time for football season. "There are so many opportunities to come after that, whether it is more kickoff games, the college football national championship, the Florida/Georgia game we're going to pitch for 2027. The Jacksonville Jaguars will make a decision [on its temporary home], and if the NFL decides to add another game in the NFL regular season, we have to be ready for those types of activities." Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings said the investment in Camping World Stadium will help the region keep its momentum when it comes to drawing events that bring sports tourism, like the NFL Pro Bowl Games and more. For example, the 2024 edition of the NFL all-star game brought 30,000 out-of-town visitors. Meanwhile, Orlando was ranked Sports Business Journal's No. 1 city among the Best Sports Business Cities for event hosting. ____________________ The City of Orlando ("City") is seeking Qualifications Statements for RQS24-0365 Design Services for Camping World Stadium Redevelopment Project ("Project") from interested Consultants registered in the State of Florida to provide Professional Architectural Services pursuant to Section 481.219 of the Florida Statutes. 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