“After seven seasons of play in the Major Arena Soccer League, the Florida Tropics no longer plan to call RP Funding Center home,” team CEO Dr. Panos Lakovidis.
He said recent rent hikes proposed by city and arena leaders were “exorbitant” and make staying in Lakeland “financially unfeasible.”
Two months later ….
Florida Tropics is officially suspending operations and will not participate in the 2023-24 season. As a result of the suspension, all current Tropics’ player contracts were voided.
The MASL will continue working with the Tropics ownership group to resume play in 2024-25 or sell the team to new operating owners.
March 2024 update
Website down, phone down and team CEO Dr. Panos Lakovidis can reach for any comment.
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