Amway Center

[DeepEyez]

Anheuser-Busch, Orlando Magic ink deal

The Orlando Magic has signed a three-year deal with Anheuser-Busch for naming rights to the Budweiser Baseline Bar, a premium-style lounge that will be accessible to all patrons at new Amway Center.

Read more: Anheuser-Busch, Orlando Magic ink deal - St. Louis Business Journal

[Ocityst]

Ripped paper artwork to hang in Amway Center

ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - The high profile new Amway Arena in downtown Orlando deserves some high profile interior decorating. That includes artwork. Which is why Derek Gores, a talented man from Brevard County, has been commissioned to create 6 custom pieces made of "scrap paper."

"This is my craziness. I think it's just a way of getting beyond drawing or painting. Some of it's random, some of it's intentional," says Gores, whose fine art might be best classified as scrapbooking-meets-collage artistry.

"The Magic gave me this box of all this stuff I could use. Programs, posters, photos, autographs, game tickets," says Gores, who looks at a photo, and turns it into a ripping reproduction.

"This artwork is going to have some of the 'primo' spots within the stadium."

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[DeepEyez]

Ripped paper artwork to hang in Amway Center

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That's Derek Gores, his works are SICK!!!!

My link

[prahaboheme]

She's all lit up but no spire yet:

[tc01]

In the Amway Center they are putting down the new Orlando Magic floor. The building is really shaping up quiet nice.

[bic]

[DeepEyez]

This place is going to be a jewel for Orlando and Florida in general.....this place is looking LEGENDARY!!!!!!

[prahaboheme]

First game at new arena sell out in 4 hours: My link

[DeepEyez]

I was doing some thinking, with two Ronald McDonald Homes in Orlando.....I wonder if the Amway Center will someday, hopefully in the not-too-distant future, host a McDonald's All-American game for the nation's top basketball recruits? I think it would be great exposure for the Amway Center and for the city if it does happen.

Here's a link to the game: McDonald's All-American

Edited August 27, 2010 by DeepEyez

[bic]

Parking at Orlando Magic's New Amway Center Plentiful, Not Cheap

[prahaboheme]

That garage is a work of art.

[bic]

[DeepEyez]

About that garage......

Magic sign Geico as founding partner

The insurance firm signed a five-year deal valued in seven figures annually. In turn, Geico receives naming rights to a seven-level parking garage being built next to the arena and a skywalk connecting the two buildings, said Magic President Alex Martins.

Read more: Magic sign Geico as founding partner - Orlando Business Journal

[bic]

There's something very funny to me about winning naming rights to a parking garage. I guess Orlando's really coming up!

[DeepEyez]

They also will have a 15 minute half-time countdown that creatively ties into their hook, "“15 minutes could save you 15 percent on insurance". I think that is hilariously genius!

[bic]

^ That's pretty smart. I like that it's a nationally recognized insurance brand we're talking about and not just another podunk sponsorship.

[prahaboheme]

How is it that the garage gets a more reputable sponsor than the arena?

[spenser1058]

How is it that the garage gets a more reputable sponsor than the arena?

'cuz the disreputable one owns the team

*sigh*

[Magicfan95]

Because Amway is paying over 5 Mil more than Geico is annually for the rights...

[prahaboheme]

Anheuser-Busch themed bar as well: Biz Journal

[bic]

Magic Add to Arena's Corporate Sponsorships

[bic]

Many Minorities, Women Helped Build Orlando Magic's Amway Center

[FLheat]

Here's a photo from yesterday looking into the practice court from the window on Division Street. It will be good to see the players up-close.

[bic]

^ VERY cool

[bic]

From the Orlando Sentinel:

In anticipation of the opening of the new Amway Center, officials held a "Royal Flush." Local celebrities, including Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard, flushed more than 400 toilets inside the new arena to test the bathrooms to make sure they work before the opening event on Oct. 7 with the Eagles.