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Tampa created specialty centers along its riverwalk, offering alcoholic beverages in special cups. | Friends of the Tampa Riverwalk

Council backs sports tourism and Riverwalk drinking

By Ric Anderson - Jacksonville Daily Record
Published on January 24, 2024 at 11:37 am

A pair of bills aimed at creating new things to see and do in Jacksonville received final City Council passage Tuesday.

Council President Ron Salem’s request for $1.5 million in funding to boost sports tourism was approved 18-0.

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A Downtown Investment Authority bill allowing legalized but regulated drinking on the Riverwalk was approved 17-1, with council member Mike Gay voting no.

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