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In 2009, the Hilton Orlando, a 1400-room luxury hotel, opened. It adjoins with the South Concourse of the Orange County Convention Center's North/South Building via an elevated, covered pedestrian walkway. The Hyatt Regency, a 1641-room hotel, also connects directly to the Convention Center via the Oversight Pedestrian Bridge and the Hyatt Skywalk.
The average number of parking spots per new residential unit increased from 0.8 in 1950 to a peak of 1.7 in 1998, and has since declined to 1.1 by 2022. [5] The average number of parking spots per 1,000 square ft. of new office buildings shows a similar change, from 1.25 in 1950 to 3.75 in 1999 to 2.25 in 2022.
In September 2016, the association announced plans to move its headquarters from Alexandria, Virginia to Orlando in 2017 [6] [7] and to hold its expo in Orlando until 2030. [8] [9] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the themed entertainment industry faced significant new pressures.
MegaCon was founded by James Breitbiel and first held in 1993 at the Orlando Expo Center (Now the UCF Center for Emerging Media). [3] Along the new show until 1998, there was a smaller sister show, Tampa Mega-Show, also organized by Breitbiel. [ 4 ]
CFX was founded in 1963 for the purpose of building the Bee Line Expressway, and soon built the East-West Expressway.. Many sections of the current expressway system, such as the connection of SR 528 from Sand Lake Road to I-4, the sections of SR 417 in Seminole and Osceola counties, and SR 429 south of Seidel Road, were built by the Florida's Turnpike Enterprise, and their toll facilities are ...
To help pay for the upgrade, the OOCEA raised tolls at the Bee Line toll plaza (east of SR 15) from 35 cents to 50 cents (equivalent to $1.29–1.85 in 2023 [15]) Bonds were sold in January 1981, and the finished SR 436/Airport interchange was dedicated on January 21, 1983. The toll plaza just west of the Airport interchange opened July 2, 1983.
The terminal building and the adjacent parking garage opened on November 17, 2017. [1] The facility is connected to the main airport terminal roughly 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north via an automated people mover (APM) system. Brightline began revenue service to the complex on September 22, 2023. [3] [2]
Orlando's Lynx public transportation service serves the TTC. From the TTC, most routes head north towards the Magic Kingdom Cast Bus Station, intended for employees only. To the south, route 56 offers frequent service to Kissimmee station via Celebration, route 300 offers frequent express service to Lynx Central Station in Downtown Orlando via the Lynx Disney Springs Transfer Center, and route ...