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The region that once had the thousands of acres of Citrus Groves and then the spin off from the Space program is looking forward beyond its current gold pot: Tourism.

The real dynamo of the region is tourism, with fantastic weather year round and great attractions it is no wonder people want to visit here, however what if that were to change? All the thousands of low paid jobs would vanish and then what would be left?

New investments in fields such as healthcare and life-science lab work could be an answer (developments around Lake Nona for instance) however millions of dollars of capital investment are required.

However, we now have the new sporting arena at UCF and a possible commuter rail service, so the money is coming…we shall just have to wait and see what else occurs!

The new University of Central Florida Arena which plans to open this autumn at a cost of $52 million. The arena which comes under east Orange County will host more than just sports.

Musical acts amongst other forms of live entertainment will be held at the arena which boasts an impressive 10,000 seating capacity. In terms of live music the building compliments other entertainment venues in the area such as House of Blue in Downtown Disney and Hard Rock Live in Universal’s CityWalk as well as the TD Waterhouse Center/AmWay Arena in downtown Orlando and the Silver Spurs arena in Kissimmee as well as the mighty Citrus Bowl.

The new arena is already booked with acts to perform in september and october this year, from comedian Bill Cosby on September 13th to Country and Western Stars Brookes and Dunn & Alan Jackson on October 21st.

This is all great news showing that the booming Orlando area economy is still plowing ahead!