HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) -- The Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the direction to evaluate a privately funded new hockey arena to be added to redevelopment plans surrounding the Museum of Science and Industry or "MOSI."

County Commissioner Chris Boles of District Six presented the idea to his fellow commissioners at Wednesday morning's regular biweekly meeting.

"We greenlit an indoor sports facility, so with that, I got the juices flowing and thinking about what else can we do to kind of enhance that," Boles said.

The board approved the pursuance of an indoor sports complex to be added to the redevelopment site surrounding MOSI in early May of this year — which would include new hotel rooms, dining, entertainment amenities and more.

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