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Orlando Venue Starts Construction

Diane Sears | 10/1/2008
Events Center Amway Arena
Capacity (basketball) 18,500 17,282
Capacity
(arena football)
17,200 15,948
Capacity (concert) 16,000 12,592
Square footage 800,000 367,000
Suites/sky boxes 56 26
Club seats 1,428 0

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Going Up

Work has begun on the $380 million events center set to open in fall 2010 downtown. The city-operated facility will host Orlando Magic and Orlando Predators home games, as well as concerts and other events. Here’s how the events center compares to the current Amway Arena.


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