downtown tampa facts $200,000 worth of completed development (2009) 50,000 employees over 100...
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Downtown Tampa Facts
• $200,000 worth of completed development (2009)
• 50,000 employees• Over 100 restaurants
– 70+ serving dinner• 9 hotels
Downtown Tampa Facts
• $150,000,000 of Residential Development (2009)
• Estimated 3,000 Residents• 98,000 people live within 3 miles of downtown
Downtown Tampa Facts
• 12 Parks• 1.5 Miles of Waterfront
Trails/Parks• 45% of the Riverwalk is
completed
Downtown Tampa Facts
• 7 Museums• 6 Art Galleries• Approximately
3,000,000 attendees to downtown events (2009)
Culture and the Arts Impact
• Economically Significant• Impact on Development• National Recognition• Community Involvement and Pride
3 E’s of 25 in 2010
• Entertainment• Economics • Exploration
Entertainment
• Straz Center for the Performing Arts– Largest performing arts
complex south of the Kennedy Center
– 680,000 patrons per season
– Over 4,000 events annually
Entertainment (cont.)
• St. Pete Times Forum– 150 events annually– Ranked one of the Top 10
Venues in World Ticket Sales & Top 5 in U.S.
– Seats 20,000
Entertainment (cont.)
• Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival– Hosted at Tampa Theatre– 12,000 attendees for 11 day event– Average salary per attendee: $86,000
• Gasparilla Kickoff Party• New Years Eve Ball• Harley Davidson Bikefest
Economics
• Glazer Children’s Museum– 53,000 Square foot facility at
cost of $11.5 Million (all local trades)
– 4 Million in Exhibit Design– Estimated 200,000 visitors to
see 170 hands on exhibits
Economics (cont.)
• The Florida Aquarium– Ranked in the top 10 Aquariums in the
country by Trip Advisor• Tampa Museum of Art
– 120,000 Sq/Ft Master Plan 66,000 Sq/Ft Phase I
– Phase one development $32.8 Million– Beautifully situated in Curtis Hixon
Waterfront Park
Economics (cont.)
• Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Races– 15,000+ Room Nights– World Championship in 2011– $500,000 in Economic Impact
Economics (cont.)
• StageWorks– New theatre development in Channel District– $30,000 worth of doors and hardware alone
• American Victory Ship– One of two Operation Victory Ships in the country– Over 200,000 visitors since arrival– Raised $2,000,000 in private money/materials
Exploration
• Gasparilla Festival of the Arts– Largest award prize amount of
any outdoor art festival in the country ($75,000)
– Largest outdoor cultural event in Tampa (completely volunteer)
• Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park• Tampa Downtown Market
Downtown Cultural ExperienceCultural Institutions -• Henry B. Plant Museum• University of Tampa Scarfone/Hartley Gallery• Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center• Jobsite Theatre• Patel Conservatory• Tampa Museum of Art• Glazer Children's Museum• Florida Museum of Photographic Arts• Tampa Theatre• Tampa Firefighters Museum• City of Tampa Police Museum• TECO Public Art Gallery• Kotler Art Gallery at John Germany Library• American Institute of Architects Gallery• Opera Tampa
• Tampa Bay History Center• American Victory Mariners Memorial & Museum
Ship• Stageworks• The Florida Aquarium• Gasparilla Festival of the Arts• City of Tampa Public Art• Lights on Tampa• Gasparilla International Film Festival• TIGLFF Film Festival• Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Races• Jewish Film Festival• Baisden Gallery• Bleu Acier on Columbus Boulevard• Old Tampa Bookstore• Rustic Steel Creations
Culturally Oriented Experiences• Tampa Downtown Market• Ongoing Outdoor Public Art
25 in 201014. June - Summer Classic Movie Series - Tampa
Theatre15. July - History Adventures Summer Camp -
Tampa Bay History Center16. Aug 13 - Cowboy vs Samuri - Jobsite Theatre
17. Aug 3 - Members Show - Florida Museum of
Photographic Arts 18. Sep - Opening Fall 2010 - Glazer Children's
Museum 19. Oct 1-3 - Archifest American Institute of
Architects Gallery 20. Oct 7-17 - TIGLIFF Film Festival- Tampa
Theatre 21. Oct 15 - Tampa Downtown Market22. Nov 6 - Dream Girls - Straz Center for the
Performing Arts 23. Dec 1-23 Victorian Christmas Stroll - Tampa
Plant Museum24. Dec 17-19 It’s a Wonderful Life - Tampa
Theatre25. Dec 31 - New Year’s Eve Celebration -
Downtown Tampa
1. Jan 27 - Ground Breaking - Stageworks 2. Feb 6 - Grand Opening - Tampa Museum of
Art3. Mar 5-6 - Gasparilla Festival of the Arts -
Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park4. March 14 - Picnic in the Park - Henry B.
Plant Museum 5. Mar 1-15 - Jewish Film Festival - Tampa
Theatre6. Mar 18 - Gasparilla International Film
Festival - Tampa Theatre7. April 24 - Pops in the Park - Curtis Hixon
Waterfront Park8. Apr 23 - Giacomo Puccini’s La
Rondine Opera Tampa 9. May - Sea Grapes - The Florida Aquarium 10. May 1 - AsiaFest - St. Pete Times Forum11. May 1 - Tampa Bay International Dragon
Boat Races 12. May 22 - Imagination Glazer Children's
Museum 13. June - Start Summer Camps - Patel
Conservatory