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| 6/5/2019

› Orlando City announces sale of naming rights, new home to be called Exploria Stadium
Orlando City announced the sale of its stadium naming rights to Exploria Resorts Tuesday, with Exploria Stadium replacing Orlando City Stadium as the new name for the privately funded venue. Financial details of the agreement were not disclosed.

› County OK’s automatic tips at Miami airport
Miami-Dade county commissioners voted Tuesday to allow Miami International Airport restaurants to include an 18 percent gratuity on meal checks as long as the menu and the bill alert the customer that the charge can be removed.

› Downtown Sarasota beautification project to continue through July
Orange and white barricades redirect traffic about half a block before the intersection of Main Street and Lemon Avenue. The downtown Sarasota intersection has been closed since May 28, following the Memorial Day march, and is projected to remain closed until July 5.

› Historic clock in downtown St. Pete keeps time once again as an $118-million apartment project nears completion
For decades, folks near downtown St. Petersburg kept time by the stately clock on Central Avenue near Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street N. Lettering over its ornate face proclaimed: "The bank of friendly service Union Trust Company.'' The bank is long gone, and for a quarter of a century, the hands on the clock stood still. But they are working once again.

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