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