Alachua County approved two plans attempting to make the county a sports destination at a meeting Tuesday.
The Alachua County Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to continue with its proposed Sports Event Center Transition, which would create a government division dedicated to tourism.
In Spring 2023, a 130,000 square-foot Alachua County Sports and Events Center opened in Celebration Pointe. The project was funded with $30 million from the Tourist Development Tax, which is a tax collected from hotels, motels and short-term rentals such as Airbnb…