Orlando Magic, city and county announce Amway Center to be polling location

[RandySF]

With a push from the Orlando Magic, Amway Center is about to become the largest early-voting site in Orange County.

And one of the Magic’s tallest players could be welcoming voters as they walk in.

The arena will be open to Orange County residents for early voting from Monday, Oct. 19, through Sunday, Nov. 1 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day, officials announced on Wednesday. All registered voters from Orange County will be able to cast their ballot at Amway, which will be one of 20 early-voting sites in the county for the 2020 general election.

Magic center Mo Bamba first raised the idea of utilizing the space available at Amway, and the team went to work with the city of Orlando, which owns and operates the arena, Orange County and the Orange County Supervisor of Elections to achieve the goal.





https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-magic/os-sp-orlando-magic-amway-polling-location-0903-20200902-25lbxpzr6zaq5legnaufjpmbza-story.html

[dem4decades]

1. Are these arenas convenient to the voters in the districts?

[RandySF]

3. Not sure.

Early voting is done countywide so anyone can go there. Big parking lots, Wide open-spaces for social distancing. I know it was pretty smooth in Louisville despite a couple hiccups.

[mcar]

4. Don't know the demographics near Amway

But there is plenty of parking and it's right in the middle of whatever downtown Orlando is, so accessible by bus too.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. If you're hoping for a large turnout from the urban black community, it is in a good location.

[Roland99]

6. I'll tell ya what, Amway Center is very close to a large population of African-Americans

Paramore area is within walking distance. And a short trip from the Pine Hills area

[GulfCoast66]

7. Very convenient to the African Americans community.

Like always if houses and businesses need to be destroyed for these types of projects they are in African American parts of town. In Orlando we have a major street called Division street. Guess what it separated?

But in this case it works out. Many of the African American churches are within a mile of the place. Souls to the Polls will be easier than ever.

[JennyMominFL]

2. Yes

The Amway Center is right downtown in an area that is very close to some highly democratic areas, Its should be quite helpful