Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and Orange County Mayor Richard Crotty, along with Central Florida community and business leaders, will unveil the recently completed design of the new Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center this Friday (August 22). The event, which will be hosted at 455 S. Orange Avenue (the round building across from Orlando City Hall), will begin with a commemoration ceremony at 10 a.m. and will remain open for public viewing until 1 p.m.

The Dr. P. Phillips Orlando Performing Arts Center plans to develop a mixed-use urban arts center with three main halls, educational facilities, a public theater plaza, and retail and commercial expansion. It will be Central Florida’s destination of choice for arts, cultural and entertainment programming and will serve our diverse community by educating and nurturing artists, arts organizations, audiences and students throughout the region and the state of Florida.

I’m really excited about the new performing arts center. Having attended a few shows at the Bob Carr and a couple at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center over the past two years, I can confidently say that Orlando’s current venue needs to be repurposed. I’m hoping that the designs of this new location will add to my excitement. The recently groundbroken events center didn’t disappoint.

If all goes as planned, I’ll update this post early next week with pictures from the event and possibly a few design images. If you have the chance, however, stop by the event and see them in person. For more information, call (407) 839-0119, or visit www.orlandopac.org.

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