Orlando’s new MLS soccer stadium

os-mls-soccer-stadium-rendering-20140610-001Orlando’s new Major League Soccer stadium will have a sunken field; more than three dozen luxury suites; roofed seating bowls; and plenty of places to drink and carouse. After more than a year of speculation, Orlando City Soccer Club on Tuesday released details and renderings of the $110 million stadium featuring an open plaza where passers-by can look down on a field sunken 10 to 12 feet below street level. Continue reading “Orlando’s new MLS soccer stadium”

Universal: What’s where at Halloween Horror Nights

os-halloween-horror-nights-23-map-20130919The guide map for Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights helps guide guests to the eight haunted-house mazes and other attractions of the event, which kicks off Friday and runs 27 select nights through Nov. 2. Going up the main drag of Universal Studios, straight through turnstiles, are queues for four houses: The Cabin in the Woods; Resident Evil: Escape From Raccoon City; An American Werewolf in London; and Evil Dead. Havoc2: Derailed is in the San Francisco section of the park, sometimes referred to in HHNspeak as the Disaster Queue Extended house. Three houses are backstage. The entrance to Afterlife: Death’s Vengeance is near the Men in Black attraction, and Urban Legends: La Llorona queues up near the Barnie attraction. The Walking Dead: No Safe Haven is in a building that usually houses Universal‘s floats. “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure” is in its customary spot at Fear Factor Live. The new “Rocky Horror Picture Show – A Tribute” is on the stage for Beetlejuice’s Graveyard Revue.

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