Orlando City officially opened its downtown stadium with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a confetti cannon. All of the Orlando City front office, including Life-President Phil Rawlins, came out to watch the dream realized of symbolically opening the stadium for business. A number of Orlando elected officials also came out to support the ribbon cutting, including Regina Hill the District 5 commissioner, who welcomed the team to her neck of the woods.
An emotional Flavio Augusto Da Silva also spoke before the ribbon cutting.
“My heart is really filled with joy,” the club’s majority owner remarked. “Because of this amazing support in the community and with our fans, we had to find a way to make this happen.