As I cruised south on I-75 near Cordele, Georgia, billboards like this -- one after another -- caught my attention.
No, I wasn't interested in discount Disney passes. I was interested in asking the staff how business has been. With vacation travel down, I thought they could have some insight, from their perch 300 miles north of Orlando.
That is, if they were still in business at all.
All that was left of the Orlando Ticket Outlet is an empty trailer, sitting in a BP gas station parking lot. An employee at BP, Jonathan Portman, explained what became of the ticket outlet.
Portman said the ticket outlet still hasn't taken down its billboard signs. Maybe this picture explains why:
Around here, at least, billboard space isn't exactly sought-after real estate.
categories: Road Trip
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