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Scott PowersJanuary 25, 2016

The Orlando City Soccer Club now has the land it needs to build its new stadium in the Parramore neighborhood west of downtown. The Orlando City Council Monday approved a deal to sell the land to the soccer club’s stadium company, Orlando Soccer Stadium LLC for $17.99 million, closing a deal that had the city […]

Associated PressJuly 31, 2015

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Orlando City Soccer officials said Friday that their new downtown stadium is expected to be completed by the end of the 2016 season. As they unveiled the new design for the 25,500-seat stadium, team officials said the privately funded, $155 million facility should be finished within the next 12 to 14 months. That coincides with […]

Associated PressMay 30, 2015

Orlando’s professional soccer team will build a new stadium with private funding, instead of taxpayer money, and the structure will have almost 50 percent more seats than the original plan, team officials said Friday Orlando City Soccer Club officials said the revised stadium plan will have up to 28,000 seats, compared to 19,500 seats in […]

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