Last night Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, City Commissioners and the City of Orlando Public Art Advisory Board celebrated Downtown Orlando’s newest arts and cultural installation with the official lighting of the iconic ORLANDO sculpture at the Orlando Citrus Bowl. The new ORLANDO sculpture adds to Downtown Orlando’s growing art scene which already features 20 art galleries, eight iconic See Art Orlando sculptures and the new Dr. Phillips Center for Performing Arts.
The ORLANDO sign once crowned the scoreboard at the Orlando Citrus Bowl where it was seen by hundreds of thousands of stadium visitors through the years. Prior to demolition of the stadium one year ago, each of the seven individual letters were salvaged and were transformed into the new 54-foot iconic ORLANDO sculpture.
The event highlighted the new sculpture and showcased the more than 100 color-changing LED lights that have been retrofitted into each letter.
The new ORLANDO sculpture, located at the base of the monumental stairs at the northeast corner of the Orlando Citrus Bowl, symbolizes the reinvention of the Orlando Citrus Bowl. The sculpture is proudly displayed at the “Front Door” of the stadium and once again welcomes visitors to Orlando and the new Orlando Citrus Bowl.
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