My guess is that CV3000 is scared the new PCB airport will have the name Panama City Beach, rather than some ingenious marketing term.
You could be onto something.........................................
I really think so. Behind only DisneyWorld, in Orlando, Panama City Beach is ranked number 2 in drive to destinations in Florida. Panama City Beach doesn't include the Destin area, nor the Gulf County area, nor SoWal. Everyone in Bay County is very aware of this. People outside of Bay County also know this. Pier Park was recently completed, and is only 10 miles or so from the new PCB airport location. Other theme park industries have also looked, and some have bought, property in close proximity to the new PCB airport location. Port Panama has more than doubled in their shipping volume in the last three years. Talk on the street is that Cruise Ships may be looking at Port Panama as a place to station cruise ships. Ebro Dog Track may also be expanding gambling facilities to include new types of gambling. yada, yada, yada.
It is my personal opinion that the people in Destin, who are spearheading this CV3000, are scared to death that PCB, with all of the future growth of tourism, will capture an even higher percentage of the tourists coming to NW Florida, leaving Destin, a "sleepy little fishing village." The people in Bay County couldn't care less about trying to rebrand PCB into The (TM) Beach, because they will be getting all of the future action from the tourists. PCB is already the number 2 drive-to destination in FL, and soon, when the airport is up and running, Destin will not be a consideration by many people who will fly into PCB.
(Isn't Jay Odum on both the CV3000 and the NW FL Transportation Corridor Authority? I think so. I'm beginning to wonder if he and the other NWFTCA Board Members are also scared that PCB will take all of the tourists, hence the NWFTCA creating all of these roads getting people from the PCB airport to Destin, St Joe, Apalachicola, etc. -- not a conspiracy, but sure fits into my thoughts of why CV3000 was started).