Interoffice Memorandum
DATE: October 2, 2025
TO: Mayor Jerry L. Demings and County Commissioners
THROUGH: N/A
FROM: Ray Walls, Deputy Director, OCCC
CONTACT: Ray Walls
PHONE: 407-685-5684
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) $250,000 for one match or $400,000 for two matches to Florida Citrus Sports to be used as bid fees for the FC Series - January 2026; (2) $1,000,000 for two matches to Florida Citrus Sports to be used as bid fees for the International Soccer Friendly with the bid fees not to exceed $700,000 for any one of the matches - March 2026 and June 2026; (3) $15,000 total ($5,000 annually) to the Greater Orlando Sports Commission to be used as bid fees for the Arnold Palmer Invitational Junior golf tournament - 2026-2028; (4) $5,000 to the Greater Orlando Sports Commission to be used as bid fees for the Who Runs Florida State Championship flag football tournament - December 2025. (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 t...
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