{"id":57470,"date":"2025-08-25T16:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=57470"},"modified":"2025-08-25T16:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:11:11","slug":"rp-funding-center-open-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/08\/25\/rp-funding-center-open-house\/","title":{"rendered":"RP FUNDING CENTER OPEN HOUSE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Location<\/strong>: RP Funding Center, 701 W. Lime Street, Lakeland, FL 33815<br><strong>Time<\/strong>: 1:00 p.m. \u2013 5:00 p.m.<br><strong>Date<\/strong>: Saturday, September 6, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"5c4c3e\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-2-e1753238458871.webp?resize=400%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57471 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #5c4c3e; width:576px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-2-e1753238458871.webp?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-2-e1753238458871.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The public is invited to join us on\u00a0<strong>Saturday, September 6, 2025<\/strong>, for a special\u00a0<strong>Open House<\/strong>\u00a0at the RP Funding Center as we celebrate our\u00a0<strong>50th Anniversary<\/strong>\u00a0and showcase everything our premier event venue has to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From&nbsp;<strong>1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.<\/strong>, guests will enjoy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Guided tours<\/strong>\u00a0of our arena, theater, and expo hall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Interactive exhibits<\/strong>\u00a0highlighting our event spaces and services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A chance to\u00a0<strong>meet the team<\/strong>\u00a0behind our concerts, conventions, and community events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Family-friendly activities<\/strong>, food, and drinks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A\u00a0<strong>ribbon cutting ceremony<\/strong>\u00a0to kick off the celebration and honor the next 50 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explore booths hosted by the City of Lakeland, including the\u00a0<strong>Lakeland Police Department<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Lakeland Fire Department<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Lakeland Linder International Airport<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This&nbsp;<strong>free, family-friendly festival<\/strong>&nbsp;is your exclusive opportunity to go behind the scenes of one of Central Florida\u2019s top venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss this chance to celebrate our community and discover what\u2019s next at the RP Funding Center!<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The RP Funding Center is conveniently located minutes between Orlando and Tampa in Lakeland, Florida, off I-4 on Lime Street; the RP Funding Center is a short drive from anywhere in Central Florida. Regular box office hours are Monday and Thursday, 9 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m.&nbsp; For ticket information, call the Box Office at (863) 834-8111 or visit our website at&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpfundingcenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>www.rpfundingcenter.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Location: RP Funding Center, 701 W. Lime Street, Lakeland, FL 33815Time: 1:00 p.m. \u2013 5:00 p.m.Date: Saturday, September 6, 2025 The public is invited to join us on\u00a0Saturday, September 6,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"7591","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMDhcL3VubmFtZWQtMi1lMTc1MzIzODQ1ODg3MS53ZWJwP2ZpdD00MDAlMkMyMjUmc3NsPTEiLCJ0eHQiOiJSUCBGVU5ESU5HIENFTlRFUiBPUEVOIEhPVVNFIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJoaWdod2F5IiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.tz7HgdFJntqgeuVrNdpu88UdJ3gruArSl9EhQ0bjdR0MQ"},"version":2,"attached_media":[{"id":57471,"url":"http:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/unnamed-2-e1753238458871.webp","type":"image\/webp"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[7591,6],"tags":[12048],"class_list":["post-57470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-of-lakeland","category-community","tag-rp-funding-center-open-house"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57470"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57472,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57470\/revisions\/57472"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}