10/26/2026
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🍊Orange County just approved $786 MILLION in tourist tax spending 🚨
💰 13 projects and programs across the county
🎭 Arts, sports, culture and eco-tourism
📍 From downtown Orlando to Winter Garden, Ocoee, Eatonville and Apopka
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🗳️ It’s official.
Orange County commissioners approved the tourist tax plan 6-1 on Oct. 19, after hearing from 78 public speakers.
📅 Funding for the projects kicks in between 2027 and 2029, depending on the project.
What do you think about the plan? Drop your thoughts below 👇
💰Who’s footing the bill? Visitors.
The money comes from Orange County’s 6% tourist development tax on hotel stays and short-term rentals.
✅ It’s paid by tourists
✅ Not by residents’ property taxes
Did you know visitors fund projects like these? Let me know below 👇
🎭 The biggest piece of the plan: $350 MILLION for the Dr. Phillips Center
✨ The arts center would grow from 9 to 20 venues
🎟️ New spaces include a 750-seat theater and a black box theater
🚗 Plus 1,150 new parking spaces
The center already welcomes about 910,000 visitors a year and is aiming for 1.5 million after the expansion 🙌
Which show would you go see first? Tell me below 👇
🏈 Game day in Orlando is getting an upgrade
🅿️ $52.5M for a new Camping World Stadium parking
garage with about 1,000 spaces
⚽ $46M for UCF’s new soccer stadium and track facility
Big games, concerts and events mean big crowds, and more parking is on the way 🙌
Who’s ready for game day? Comment below 👇
🌴 This plan reaches well beyond I-Drive
🏛️ $80M for Eatonville, including a new museum of culture and history
🧒 $25M for a children’s museum in Winter Garden
⛳ $30M for a golf and conference campus in Ocoee
🦅 $12M for a natural history museum at the Apopka Bi