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DPAC expansion project gets big boost

Orlando City Council green-lights 2nd phase

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ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando city leaders on Monday cleared the way for a big expansion at the Doctor Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

Orlando commissioners approved financing for a $237 million addition to the arts center.

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Most of the money was raised by the center's board. Other money came from tourist taxes and the city's contingency fund.

The expansion will add a new 1,700-seat theater that will eventually be home to the Orlando Philharmonic and Ballet.

Groundbreaking is scheduled for Monday.

The new theater is scheduled to open by 2020.


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