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The following list is a collection of our top ten most-read posts in the past year, in order of clicks – not including our fancy new event calendar, House of the Day features, and our main landing page, which are the most-visited parts of our site.
TOP TEN MOST READ POSTS OF 2023
#10 – “Downtown arena drops Amway naming rights, awaiting new sponsor.”
“The new name of the former Amway Center is expected to be announced sometime next week, according to a recent press release issued by Orlando Magic earlier today. The Downtown Orlando Arena has been known as the Amway Center since it first opened in 2010, but the Magic has been shopping for new naming partners for the better part of a year. The Amway’s naming rights were originally inked for $40 million for a 10-year deal but that obviously ran its course.”
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#9 – “Iconic Hoods Up building is hitting the market this week.”
“Milk District’s other iconic building, not T.G. Lee, is hitting the market this week. The infamous “Hoods Up” property at 2400 E. Robinson Street has been sitting vacant for years at the corner of Robinson Street and Bumby Avenue, roped off from the world by a small chain, leaving most residents wondering what would ever happen with the lot as everything around it was purchased and gussied up.”
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#8 – “Local brewery declares bankruptcy.”
“Award-winning Deadwords Brewing filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 1, 2023. The popular brewery, located at 23 N. Orange Blossom Trail, listed between $500,000-$1 million in assets and $1 million-$10 million in liabilities during the filing process.”
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#7 – “Basketball Wives Orlando premiered this week.”
“A new reality show following the lives of nine women living in Orlando has just premiered on VH1.”
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#6 – “New Tex-Mex restaurant opening in Winter Park.”
“A new Tex-Mex restaurant is opening in the newly-erected Palm Hills development in Winter Park/Maitland.”
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#5 – “Dr. Phillips Center releases renderings for Phase 3 and new Front Yard.”
“The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts has just released renderings for the third phase of its, seemingly neverending, development.”
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#4 – “Autonomous shuttle rear-ends Lynx bus.”
“The City of Orlando launched its new autonomous (driver-less) shuttle service on August 20, but it seems they’ve already had their first traffic incident in just two days on the streets.”
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#3 – “New German restaurant opening in downtown Orlando.”
“A new German concept is moving into the former home of Neon Beach at 131 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 104 in downtown Orlando.
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#2 – “Hammered Lamb owner buys into Thornton Park restaurant.”
“Jason Lambert, owner/operator of The Hammered Lamb in Ivanhoe Village has bought out one of the partners at The 808 in Thornton Park and is bringing a new concept to the former Publix storefront.”
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#1 – “Former downtown steakhouse owner sentenced to Federal prison.”
“The U.S. District Judge Roy Dalton, Jr. just sentenced the former owner of Spice Modern Steakhouse to spend four years and nine months in federal prison for failing to pay employment taxes for his staff.”
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