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Originally Posted by ralaw
Considering Orlando is a city in cental Florida maybe a lighter look built using light (weight) looking materials that reference an oceanic or atlantic theme. If I was tasked to design this facility, I would have went with more of a playful look that complimented the context of the site and the city as a whole better. This is done by the use of materials, colors, scale, etc. Now don't get me wrong, overall it's a nice facility, but it would look better in another city.
However, realistically when budgets are set and value engineering takes place the facility will look nothing like this anyways. These renderings are typically eye-candy for the community to get all excited and that is it.
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Structural engineer? You definitly sound like you know what you're talking about, so I'm not going to argue.
On to something of more importance: Location.
For anyone familiar with the Orlando area, they are supposedly down to two approximate locations, Downtown Orlando and an I-Drive location in Southwest Orlando.
Pros of Downtown Orlando:
-Continuity as that's where the current arena is.
-Central location. Relatively accesible to everyone in Central Florida.
-Would bolster Orlando's re-building of downtown plans. Church St could be revitalized.
-Lots of new condos are going up downtown. Potential fans.
-Closer to the Magic practice facility and offices. The RDV complex in Maitland.
Cons of Downtown Orlando:
-More expensive
-Land is tougher to come by.
Pros of Southwest Orlando:
-Would be cheaper as businesses and hotels are more willing to chip in cash.
-Most season ticket holders are the richer type. Most richer folks of Orlando live in the Southwest.
-Much of the cost will be covered by the county. The county prefers here, the city prefers downtown.
-Players would likely prefer here, as most live in the Southwest.
-More hotels, closer to the airport and better location for any potential tourists who would want to see a game.
-Would likely be a better location for the other events to come to an arena like concerts.
Cons of Southwest Orlando:
-Would be a longer drive for fans from North and East Orlando.
-I-Drive is packed already. More traffic would be no fun. (However, the arena would be next to the Convention Center, so driving on I-Drive wouldn't be necessary as you could just use I-4 and the Beachline/Beeline.
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