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KJHburg
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Went to downtown Jacksonville, St. Petersburg, Tampa and Orlando this week in that order.  All have great points and all have things they can improve upon.  I can't help but wonder what if the Orlando

AndyPok1
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Hey guys! I'm in San Diego!

Mr_Bond
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From the Nashville UP community, a very merry Christmas to all of you Orlando UP-ers!

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AmIReal Burg

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Virgin and Fortress want to build a train, much like the one they are building here, to run from LA to Vegas. Well, a little short of LA as it will end 90 miles outside of LA in Apple Valley. Nonetheless, they expect to "bring revelers there from the Los Angeles area by electric trains that can reach 150 mph". Appears CA regulators were "wowed" and agreed to allow  the sale of $4.2 Billion tax free debt bonds for the $4.8 Billion project.

The CA pitch does discuss their FL project, but does not discuss below expected ridership numbers.

BTW, I was not aware Fortress was a Softbank Corp. Not sure how I missed that.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-24/private-equity-firm-fortress-wants-to-build-a-train-to-las-vegas

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Tampa Bay Rays won again against the Yankees putting them ahead in the WC race. . . 3 games left. 

This is the 3rd most wins ever recorded by the Rays in a season at 95 after the 2008 World Series team at 97 and the 2010 ALDS team at 96. . . 

And there still is time with three games left to set the regular season win record. . . 

This team is fun to watch. I would highly recommend checking out the last couple of games if you are interested at all in sports. 

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6 hours ago, dcluley98 said:

Tampa Bay Rays won again against the Yankees putting them ahead in the WC race. . . 3 games left. 

This is the 3rd most wins ever recorded by the Rays in a season at 95 after the 2008 World Series team at 97 and the 2010 ALDS team at 96. . . 

And there still is time with three games left to set the regular season win record. . . 

This team is fun to watch. I would highly recommend checking out the last couple of games if you are interested at all in sports. 

I’m waiting to go to Montreal so I can check out Justin Trudeau’s socks!

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8 hours ago, dcluley98 said:

Tampa Bay Rays won again against the Yankees putting them ahead in the WC race. . . 3 games left. 

This is the 3rd most wins ever recorded by the Rays in a season at 95 after the 2008 World Series team at 97 and the 2010 ALDS team at 96. . . 

And there still is time with three games left to set the regular season win record. . . 

This team is fun to watch. I would highly recommend checking out the last couple of games if you are interested at all in sports. 

The sad thing is no one in Tampa Bay cares. The other night against the Sox, there must’ve been 4,000 people in the stands. I couldn’t believe it. And this has been going on for awhile. I’m not a fan of any city losing its team but the Rays need to get out ASAP.

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The NY Times reports some of America’s largest companies are choosing to place corporate headquarters downtown again.

There are a variety of reasons (government incentives definitely help) but it’s not for everyone:

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/business/economy/why-corporate-america-is-leaving-the-suburbs-for-the-city.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

 

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A great article on reinvesting in Jacksonville’s Preservation Trust.

Perhaps most illuminating is a discussion between Jax leaders and those in Charlotte. The NC city, of course, is one of the nation’s most successful but they noted they were envious of Jacksonville’s existing stock of historic buildings which they are lacking.

Food for thought as some folks keep trying to tear down what’s left of our historic core in Downtown Orlando.

https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/carlucci-seeks-to-replenish-downtown-preservation-trust

From The Jaxson

 

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Well, corporate interests may be trying their best to wipe out organic traditions in downtown Orlando (see Hamburger Mary’s) but at least we haven’t been taken over en masse by the Scientologists:

https://projects.tampabay.com/projects/2019/investigations/scientology-clearwater-real-estate/

From the St Pete Times

And to think. I had such a crush on Tom Cruise after Risky Business! *sigh*

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This post isn't about one thing in particular but more about a whole city. I was just in Toronto and all I can say is WOW. Talk about inspiring architecture. Nearly every building there had a unique feature that made it stand out. I was absolutely mind blown. What a beautiful and CLEAN city - especially for its size. 

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Here’s an idea that probably won’t ever happen but it does get one to thinking. The Atlanta Speedway is proposing a mixed-use development on its property that would feature a theme park and a casino.

The biggest hurdle is that casino gambling is currently illegal in Georgia (and with none of the wink, wink nudge, nudge we have in Florida).

Also, regional park Six Flags over Georgia would not be amused and Atlanta’s only a few hours north of the Orlando parks On I-75.

Casino demographics also don’t match that of a theme park - remember when Vegas decided to compete with Orlando? That dog didn’t hunt.

Still, it would be a way to fill Daytona’s heads in beds problem (and a pure coaster park really wouldn’t be a direct compete with Mickey.

Or, imagine the Seminoles adding a park to their South Florida holdings. It’s currently the largest MSA with no theme park.

Or, given the declining fortunes of Busch Gardens in Tampa, Hard Rock could consolidate their casino with the theme park. They’re a few miles apart, but then so areUniversal’s Orlando properties.

It’s fun to imagine:

https://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201910/7065/

From Theme Park Insider 

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22 hours ago, bqknight said:

This post isn't about one thing in particular but more about a whole city. I was just in Toronto and all I can say is WOW. Talk about inspiring architecture. Nearly every building there had a unique feature that made it stand out. I was absolutely mind blown. What a beautiful and CLEAN city - especially for its size. 

Totally agree. One of my top 3 favorite North American cities. My friends there say it has become very pricey to live in.

Good reference for next time you visit- https://www.cntraveler.com/destinations/toronto

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19 minutes ago, spenser1058 said:

And Justin just got another term. O Canada!

I had the news on while getting ready in the hotel room the whole weekend and of course the election was the main story. They kept talking about how bitter of an election it was....all I can say is that if that's bitter - sign me up. It's child's play compared to what's happening here. 

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9 hours ago, AmIReal said:

Totally agree. One of my top 3 favorite North American cities. My friends there say it has become very pricey to live in.

Good reference for next time you visit- https://www.cntraveler.com/destinations/toronto

I am in love with Toronto and Chicago. Just wish they had less severe winters. Closest thing I have found with a lot of the same attributes and still have a mild winter is Atlanta. Unfortunately IMO we just are closer to being Macon, GA than we are Atlanta...lol    

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