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Proposed Outdoor Entertainment Park West of Wildwood
Today's Sun included the agenda for Sumter county commissioners. One item was for a proposed outdoor entertainment park in Wildwood. Below is an excerpt from the application and a link to the agenda item. The location is SR 44 and CR 475 .... West of where 301 and 44 intersect, so, not adjacent to Villages. Just an FYI
The applicant is requesting a Major Special Use Permit for an outdoor sports and musical entertainment park. The applicant’s proposed operation consists of the following: an open air stage providing for a music venue seating approximately 7500 patrons, ATV and 4x4 riding trails and mud holes, 4x4 mud/sand track area, 4x4 rock climb area, picnic/camping areas, adventure run mud/water course, tractor/truck pull area, grass parking area, security and first aid stations, airboat track, equipment barn, office trailer, security/safety lighting, bathrooms, handicap parking, helipad area, vendor area, ticket/booths, ATV/4x4 wash station, water volleyball/sand area, announcers booth, and play ground. Proposed days and hours of operation are as follows: Thursday 12:00 pm for event staff only Friday 12:00 pm for event participants and operations all entertainment related motorized vehicle operations shall cease at sunset all other operations shall cease at 10:00 pm Saturday 9:30 am for event participants and spectators all entertainment related motorized vehicle operations shall cease at sunset all other operations shall cease at 10:00 pm Sunday 9:30 am to 5:00 pm except holiday weekends, excluding Christmas, which will follow Saturday schedules Monday (holidays excluding Christmas) 9:30 am to 5:00 pm Additionally, the applicant will conduct a maximum of one concert event per month with the option of having up to five (5) one (1) day fund raising events during a twelve (12) month calendar period. Park hours of operation for fund raising weekend one day events will be from 7:00 am to 10:00 pm. The outdoor sports and musical entertainment park will be owned by Otsego Holdings, LLC leased to Sumter County Outdoors, LLC. http://www.sumtercountyfl.gov/Files/...0840556049.pdf |
Like 07 mentioned this should not have any impact on TV as it is west of I-75.
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mudholes and climbing walls and tractor pulls oh my.
What do you think the name will be? The Near Wild Experience? Up and down in Wildwood? The MudWhole? Wildwood to the Max? |
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Wildwood to the Max is my vote, Gracie. Think we should sign up for rock climbing or truck pulls? :beer3: Thank you, 07, for the update. |
No....
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And, of course, they are going to play Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Mozart and the like with some Dame Joan Sutherland opera to boot. :throwtomatoes:
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Looks like fun to me
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I own property in the Oak Hill subdivision, undeveloped of course, and this butts up to it. It is definately WEST of I-75, think of going under 75 towards Inverness. Personally, I feel my property values will drop and I am against it!
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VG |
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I think I detect a bit of TV "bubble" snobbery.
Shame!!! Ya can't have just stuff for old people. btk |
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Really? "Bubble snobbery" or someone having a chuckle about something that is now beyond their limits... Lighten up and enjoy the day. |
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I didn't see that. |
West of Wildwood is far enough from The Villages to be no problem. It does sound like a real Florida redneck attraction. Not to be a pessimist, but I do not see an attraction like that being a successful venture - and it could be an eyesore even after it would go bankrupt.
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This could be a good thing. If they have some good concerts. May be able to have classical music at times. And for those with children and grandchildren, a place to play.
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If you have lived in the villages for more than ten years you might be a redneck :highfive: |
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I thought if you lived in The Villages for more than ten years you were considered grown up. And even smart. |
Next time you leave the bubble notice how many Mud trucks and ATV & Quads you see on the road. This is a pretty large venue in sunny Florida. I would bet it draws a pretty good crowd. Good for Wildwood and the Fast Food places around that area. As for the outside concert area, who knows who they will draw. At least they'll use theirs, we have a Polo Field that could be used for an outdoor concert area and it doesn't.
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I'm just glad they're planning on having a helipad. I was afraid they were going to "cramp my style"................ :shocked:
:jester: Bill :) |
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Good Luck with the Entertainment Proposal
I am a bit disappointed with some of the cat calls from residents here. They are entirely unnecessary and it might surprise some here to learn that this type of venue has wide appeal across the country.
I am sure that this proposed Entertainment venue will be a boom for the area. I hope they include a rodeo or two because I rather watch a rodeo than a football game. |
If everyone enjoyed the same thing they would only sell Vanilla ice cream.
Ain't gonna go to no rodeo. Too much horse poop. Smile Rubicon. |
Some of those so quick to judge should see one of the biggest attractions in Naples, Fl (outside of overpriced golf) . Yes, folks, its the Swamp Buggy Races. SRO 4 times every year, and its not all rednecks.
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I am an Ohio girl. We are proud to be from farming stock. I ain't no smarty pants city girl. But I am too sissy to be racing around and goin' through mudholes. I am sure someone is going to have a lot of fun with this park. |
Gracie, I did not mean to imply that you, of all people, had hurt anyone's feelings. I was simply pointing out that redneck entertainment aint all that bad.
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Someone asked what a Florida Redneck was. It is not an offensive term but is a Florida person who likes the outdoors and things like those proposed at the park "an open air stage providing for a music venue seating approximately 7500 patrons, ATV and 4x4 riding trails and mud holes, 4x4 mud/sand track area, 4x4 rock climb area, picnic/camping areas, adventure run mud/water course, tractor/truck pull area, and grass parking area."
You would not see that in New York City for the public to have their fun doing those things. This would not infringe on The Villages one bit. |
to some here a "FL redneck" is obviously anyone who does not live in TV.
There is such a familiar echo in threads where some do not go along with a given premise or thought or belief. Hmmmnnnn now what IS IT that behavior reminds me of....about?:D btk |
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Bill :) |
Check the link,, example of what might be.....
Florida Mudding Track, Trails, Camping, ATV, Truck and Airboat Park. |
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Then he sounds like a person I would like a lot and I could be one myself. I try hard. I am so blessed to know so many people with so many different ways of living and doing things. The one thing that matters most to me is whether they have a sense of responsibilty to their family and their fellow man..or woman. |
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If Jeff Foxworthy comes to do a venue, he can explain.......You might be a Redneck........
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My very favorite Jeff Foxworthy line of all times is:
"If you mother doesn't take the unflitered Camel out of the corner of her mouth when she tells the Highway Patrolman to 'Kiss her ass', you might be a redneck" That was my mother all over...but it is my strongest hope that it isn't inherited. Or at least wasn't in my case. Although I have been personally guilty of this one: "If your current TV is sitting on top of your old TV that no longer works, you might be a redneck" Hey, the old one had a really nice wood cabinet and I didn't know what to do with it. (I eventually pulled the guts out and threw them away and put the new TV in the cabinet.) hmm, maybe too late for me afterall. |
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