Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: May 22, 2025
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: N/A
FROM: Ray Walls, Deputy Director, Orange County Convention Center
CONTACT: Ray Walls
PHONE: 407-685-5681
DIVISION: Fiscal and Operational Support Division
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approval of the Tourist Development Tax Sports Incentive Committee's recommendations for sports incentive funding pursuant to the terms and conditions of funding agreements between Visit Orlando and the following applicants and authorization for Visit Orlando to enter into such agreements as follows: (1) $10,000 per year, for a total of $20,000, to the Greater Orlando Sports Commission to be used for venue rental expenses for the 2026 and 2027 Atlantic Sun Conference Swimming and Diving Championships; (2) $200,000 per year, for a total of $600,000, to Greater Orlando Sports Commission to offset bid fees for the DreamHack 2026-2028 events; (3) $35,000 per year, for a total of $105,000, to Greater Orlando Sports Commission for marketing and promotional costs for the Orlando Spartan Event Weekend 2025-2027 events. (Fiscal and Operational support Division)
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PROJECT: Sports Incentive Committee Funding Requests
PURPOSE: On November 1, 2016, the Board authorized consolidated sports funding under the tourist development plan for incentivizing sporting events in Orange County venues. Since 2017, Visit Orlando has provided professional assistance in evaluating sports incentive funding proposals before the Tourist Development Tax Sports Incentive Committee (SIC). Sports incentive funds are held in a separate Visit Orlando account. On October 22, 2019, the Board approved a new tourism promotion agreement pursuant to which Visit Orlando will now administer both the evaluation of proposals and enter into funding agreements with applicants after the SIC funding recommendations have been approved by the Board. On May 21, 2024, the Board approved an amendment to the 2019 agreement w...
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