LAKELAND – Michael Eaton, a longtime Orlando Magic fan who has lived in Lakeland the last several years, was ecstatic when he first learned the Magic’s G League team would be relocating to Polk County. Though he still will occasionally make the drive to Amway Center to watch his favorite team, Eaton plans to regularly come to the RP Funding Center to watch the club’s young talent in his backyard.
Alyssia Totten, similarly, who still vividly remembers when Orlando officially became an NBA city in 1989, thinks the Magic will now become part of the fabric of the Lakeland community.