Florida’s FIRST Baseball All-Star Game
Economists might disagree with our reasoning, but – at least as far as Marlins Park in Miami is…
Miami’s Orange Bowl – The 10 Best (Revised)
Before the CapitalOne Orange Bowl kicked off yesterday we wrote: “Tonight’s matchup between traditional powerhouses Michigan and Florida…
With Big 12, Florida May Get Last Laugh
Big 12 expansion hopes dashed, but Florida schools may have the last laugh.
Florida-Tennesse Rivalry: Showtime
When Florida takes the field in Knoxville later today against Tennessee, there will be an urgency surrounding the…
The Big 12, Florida and Television
In the first of our stories on the Big 12 Conference’s potential expansion and the possibility of the…
Big 12 Expansion Hopes for UCF and USF
Discussion of the Big 12 Conference’s likely expansion – and what it might mean for the University of…
Super Bowl, a Record and Big Bucks Return to Florida
The Super Bowl is heading to South Florida in 2020. The region is expected to score big in…
Invictus Warriors Come to Florida
Too often the “impact” of sporting events is measured purely in economic terms. With the 2nd Invictus Games,…
WrestleMania Returns to Orlando
Anyone trying to gauge how far professional wrestling has come need lo no farther than last week’s announcement…
Mapping Florida’s Primaries
What does this election season mean for Florida?
Florida’s Spring Training Bonanza
Baseball’s Annual Ritual Generates Millions for the State On Tuesday (March 1), the new year began for those…
Economic Development: The Battle in Florida
Editor’s note: Just after we published this morning, the House announced passage of HB 1325. The old adage that…
Will The Super Bowl Return to Florida?
FORWARD Florida highlights past Super Bowls in the Sunshine State and los into the next possible landing spot…
Football Wars: L.A. Awakens
California poses a challenge to Florida's Super Bowl supremacy. The National Football League is back in Los Angeles.
The Case for Gase
So, it’s Adam Gase’s turn to try to return the Miami Dolphins to glory. He certainly sounds like…
Making Cents of the Census
We’re about to talk about census data. Stop. Don’t click on another link or start to doze. We…
Florida MIA in Florida Movies
For the Louisiana Film Industry, it’s “Laissez les Bon Temps Rouler” As many Floridians spend the week between…
Florida Bowl Game Bounty
Selection Sunday (Dec. 6) may have been a big day for college football fans but it was an…
Stay Tuned in the Stadium
Take one part cutting-edge digital technology, one part old-school broadcasting and one part homegrown business ingenuity, them together…
Frost Comes to Central Florida
To understand how great is the potential of Scott Frost, UCF’s new head football coach, consider first the…
Florida Sets the Stage
State’s Film Infrastructure: Primed and Ready One of the chief arguments from those who oppose reviving Florida’s film,…
Rampaging (USF) Bulls
Pssst . . . can you keep a secret? The South Florida Bulls may well be back. Hard-core…
Hunger Games Creates a Georgia Industry
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 opens Thursday night in theaters around the country and is expected to…
James Bond in Florida
Spectre, the latest James Bond film, killed at the box office this weekend (presumably it had a license…
Florida vs. Georgia: the Movie
Nothing personifies the Florida vs. Georgia rivalry like the annual football game between the states’ flagship universities. The…
South Florida Super Bowl Blues
South Florida’s Sun Life Stadium was state-of-the-art when it opened in 1987, and many fans still consider it…
Florida’s Top Horror Movies
Earlier this year, we published a list of our 10 best movies that were set and filmed in…
Miami’s Al Golden – Fired in 1981?
The seeds of Al Golden’s downfall at the University of Miami were planted in 1981, for that was…
Orlando New Soccer Capital
Orlando – the soccer capital of the Southeast? Maybe. Orlando City Soccer this week announced its expansion into…
Florida Needs to get “Reel” about Film Industry
Let’s get real. Or, appropriately, let’s get reel. As the Florida Legislature los ahead to a renewed discussion…
Florida’s Daniel Murphy Stays Hot in NLCS
Murphy's Law has taken on a whole new meaning.
Florida Center Stage in MLB Playoffs
(Editor’s Note: Sports has become an economic development engine in Florida, so today we introduce our FORWARD Friday…
Speaker Boehner and Florida Political Ripples
Florida reacts to John Boehner's resignation from Congress.
Lawton Chiles’ Legacy and Florida Redistricting
Former Gov. Lawton Chiles was a larger than life figure, a man who won his first U.S. Senate…
Florida and the Emmys
The Primetime Emmys are, by far, the most frustrating of the old- awards shows. The television academy is…
What Does “Grexit” Mean for Florida?
Greeks voted overwhelmingly Sunday to reject the bailout package offered by its European Union trading partners, a move…
If You Build It…
Florida is poised for a major investment in sports facilities. ORLANDO CITY’S STADIUM Orlando City Soccer has taken…
Top 5 Florida TV Shows
Please check out our list of what we consider the best Florida TV shows both set and filmed…
Top 10 Florida Movies
Based on Florida’s illustrious movie past, Film Florida’s dream of reinvigorating the state’s film industry via a replenished…
Tampa Bay Rays Future?
They’re not Les Rayons yet. Despite talk that began surfacing last fall about the Tampa Bay Rays moving,…
Citrus Greening in Florida
In the days before Walt Disney made Florida a mecca for theme parks, back when South Beach was…
Spring Training 2015
Spring training has become big business. A battle is growing over the economic spoils.
Hats Off!
Two Stetson Hatters Baseball Alums Win Coveted MLB Awards Consider for a moment college baseball’s most prestigious programs:…
Bowled Over
Florida’s Bowl Games put up big numbers and the newest one has a special purpose. Cure Bowl. Some…
Sun, Sand & Sutures – MEDICAL TOURISM
With 100 million visitors envisioned in the not too distant future, Florida has all the right stuff to…
Florida Football: Pigskin Paydirt
Florida’s college football programs bring big bucks to their local communities. The fact that major college football and…
Economic Development Strategies – From The DEO
The debate about the roles of the private and public sectors in economic development often misses the point…
Copa del Mundo de fútbol en Orlando
Nuevo estadio de Orlando City Soccer muestra el (Mundial) Copa derrama en la Florida y en toda la…
World Cup Soccer in Orlando
Orlando City Soccer’s new stadium shows the (World) Cup spills over in Florida and across the region. The Orlando…
Money Ball | Florida’s Sport Economy
Sports’ Economic Impact Grows. John Webb has proven quite the forecaster. When asked last year about the $36…