Jaguars amphitheater, flex field construction to begin next month

[Keith-N-Jax]

That's a horrible name

[RattlerGator]

Speaking of cheesy, and forgive me for dropping in a convo from another thread, but maybe it's time for USF to make a rather obvious name change. I mean, my goodness -- the Mid Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre? Not the South Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre? 

Well, I hear the name "University of West Central Florida" is still available.

[Adam White]

Speaking of cheesy, and forgive me for dropping in a convo from another thread, but maybe it's time for USF to make a rather obvious name change. I mean, my goodness -- the Mid Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre? Not the South Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre? 

Well, I hear the name "University of West Central Florida" is still available.

Well, MidFlorida Credit Union is based in Lakeland (not Tampa). Lakeland is closer to the middle of the state than Tampa is.

Anyway, Tampa is appears to be located in the southern half of the state (don't have a tape measure to hand). Of course, we know that this is not why the name USF was chosen. It was chosen either a) because it was the southernmost university in the state system at the time or b) because people in Tampa have a massive chip on their shoulder about Miami 

[spuwho]

Speaking of cheesy, and forgive me for dropping in a convo from another thread, but maybe it's time for USF to make a rather obvious name change. I mean, my goodness -- the Mid Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre? Not the South Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre? 

Well, I hear the name "University of West Central Florida" is still available.

Well, MidFlorida Credit Union is based in Lakeland (not Tampa). Lakeland is closer to the middle of the state than Tampa is.

Anyway, Tampa is appears to be located in the southern half of the state (don't have a tape measure to hand). Of course, we know that this is not why the name USF was chosen. It was chosen either a) because it was the southernmost university in the state system at the time or b) because people in Tampa have a massive chip on their shoulder about Miami 

When USF was chartered in 1962, there were only 3 public universities under the Florida Board of Control.

Florida State (originally called West Florida Seminary)
Florida (originally called East Florida Seminary)
Florida Agra and Mechanical  (FAMU)

University of Miami is a Jesuit school and wasnt under public control.

So USF was really "the public school south of Gainesville" at the time. Orlando was still a whistle stop orange grove.

The last one to charter was FGCU in 1991 in Ft Myers.

[thelakelander]

You forgot about Florida Poly in Lakeland.

[Adam White]

Speaking of cheesy, and forgive me for dropping in a convo from another thread, but maybe it's time for USF to make a rather obvious name change. I mean, my goodness -- the Mid Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre? Not the South Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre? 

Well, I hear the name "University of West Central Florida" is still available.

Well, MidFlorida Credit Union is based in Lakeland (not Tampa). Lakeland is closer to the middle of the state than Tampa is.

Anyway, Tampa is appears to be located in the southern half of the state (don't have a tape measure to hand). Of course, we know that this is not why the name USF was chosen. It was chosen either a) because it was the southernmost university in the state system at the time or b) because people in Tampa have a massive chip on their shoulder about Miami 

When USF was chartered in 1962, there were only 3 public universities under the Florida Board of Control.

Florida State (originally called West Florida Seminary)
Florida (originally called East Florida Seminary)
Florida Agra and Mechanical  (FAMU)

University of Miami is a Jesuit school and wasnt under public control.

So USF was really "the public school south of Gainesville" at the time. Orlando was still a whistle stop orange grove.

The last one to charter was FGCU in 1991 in Ft Myers.

I know all of that. The facts are still contested by some...

[spuwho]

You forgot about Florida Poly in Lakeland.

It was originally chartered as USF Poly in 1988 and its charter amended in 2012.

There is some dispute it seems in the Florida University System on what should be used as the "founding" date.

For example UF didnt actually start functioning as East Florida Seminary until 1856,  but the charter was issued by Congress in 1839.

The old Florida Board of Control used to use the date it opened on the seal until FSU broke ranks and changed it to their original charter date. Naturally UF followed and the same, even though 20 years had passed between the charter issuance and the first day of classes.

[thelakelander]

It was a branch campus of USF originally.  If the branch campuses are included, quite a few campuses have been chartered across the state since 1991.

[Tacachale]

You forgot about Florida Poly in Lakeland.

It was originally chartered as USF Poly in 1988 and its charter amended in 2012.

There is some dispute it seems in the Florida University System on what should be used as the "founding" date.

For example UF didnt actually start functioning as East Florida Seminary until 1856,  but the charter was issued by Congress in 1839.

The old Florida Board of Control used to use the date it opened on the seal until FSU broke ranks and changed it to their original charter date. Naturally UF followed and the same, even though 20 years had passed between the charter issuance and the first day of classes.

Florida Poly is murky in that the state effectively dissolved USF's Lakeland branch to create it. The campus is on different property than where USF Lakeland was for most of its existence (it was acquired for USF Lakeland a few years before the plans to create a separate campus came together). I believe they are using 2012 as the founding date.

Each school uses a different date for their "founding", which gets silly sometimes. Some use when they were chartered, some when they opened. FSU's is just a plain lie.

Congress authorized two seminaries in 1836, but Florida made no plans for them until the 1850s. 1851 was the date when the legislature authorized their creation. East Florida Seminary, the predecessor to UF, opened in 1853. West Florida Seminary (FSU) opened in Tallahassee in 1857. In 1905, the state reorganized education in the state. Several schools were merged into a white men's college in Gainesville, becoming the modern UF, and the Tallahassee school became a white women's college. For many years, FSU used the 1857 date. UF used the 1905 date for a while, but didn't like that it didn't reflect their earlier history (and made FSU look older). So they adopted 1853 as the date the first of their predecessors opened. Not to be outdone, FSU adopted 1851 as the date both they and UF were founded, which is, well, false. UF won't use the 1851 date because it would legitimize FSU's claim to be just as old as they are. It's more just another way for the schools to one-up each other.

It was a branch campus of USF originally.  If the branch campuses are included, quite a few campuses have been chartered across the state since 1991.

True. UF has branches in almost every county, for one thing.

[Jax-Nole]

So there will be a convenience store inside the amphitheater??  The typical Jags/Jax haters in the news and sports writing community will likely get a chuckle out of that.

I was in the basement of the stadium this afternoon, behind the amphitheater, and I can confirm that the Daily's is a legitimate retail store that they are constructing, not a kiosk or concession stand. It is being built right in between the player entrance in the south end zone, and the amphitheater. It is roughly the same size as the clothing stores they have throughout the stadium.

[copperfiend]

After the Jumbo Shrimp game yesterday, I walked over to look at the construction of Dailys Place.

I still can't believe there are going to be shows there in just over two weeks. There were a ton of people working. But also there appears to be a lot of work left to do.

[jaxjaguar]

Big names added to the lineup every week!

[RattlerGator]

After the Jumbo Shrimp game yesterday, I walked over to look at the construction of Dailys Place.

I still can't believe there are going to be shows there in just over two weeks. There were a ton of people working. But also there appears to be a lot of work left to do.

I feel like demanding pictures, please, but heck, I'll be in town midweek. Hopefully they'll be making serious progress each remaining day.

[spuwho]

After the Jumbo Shrimp game yesterday, I walked over to look at the construction of Dailys Place.

I still can't believe there are going to be shows there in just over two weeks. There were a ton of people working. But also there appears to be a lot of work left to do.

I feel like demanding pictures, please, but heck, I'll be in town midweek. Hopefully they'll be making serious progress each remaining day.

Why the demand? Just go here:

https://www.dailysplace.com/earthcam/

And you can watch construction yourself all day at work.

[I-10east]

The Meek Mill & Yo Gotti tour coming to Daily's Place really alarms me. Read up a lil with some research and history concerning these gangsta rappers before going all liberal on me; predictively claiming I'm an 'obic' or 'ist' of your choosing... I listen to hip hop, but I know how negative alot of it can be (esp these days). There are rap acts out there that don't engage into negativeness as well. I hope that nothing goes down during that show, but I won't be surprised if it does.