UCF Athletics Affiliation Inc., has filed a breach of contract lawsuit in Orange County towards Core Group Actual Property, LLC and CORE RE HOLDINGS, LP.
The lawsuit claims that the athletic division and CORE LLC entered right into a advertising and marketing settlement on March 3, 2022, which might designate the corporate because the “Official Actual Property Associate of UCF Athletics.”
Orlando Enterprise Journal was the primary to report the lawsuit.
Underneath the settlement, the corporate’s brand can be featured in digital signage at athletic occasions, in addition to in radio promoting, and CORE LLC would obtain game-day privileges. The corporate additionally can be allowed to make use of UCF logos and logos in promoting.
The advertising and marketing deal was set to run by way of June 30, 2025 and was value $197,500.
Nevertheless, CORE LLC did not make funds and was ultimately served with a written discover by UCFAA for delinquent funds on Sept. 17, 2024. Ten days later, the corporate filed “Articles of Dissolution” with the state as a result of “COMPANY IS DISSOLVING VOLUNTARY [sic] AND WILL NO LONGER BE DOING BUSINESS UNDER THIS ENTITY NAME.”
In keeping with the lawsuit, UCFAA claims that after filling its Articles of Dissolution, CORE LLC and/or CORE LP accepted advantages underneath the advertising and marketing settlement by internet hosting a company tailgate earlier than UCF’s soccer recreation towards Colorado on Sept. 24, 2024, and utilizing a minimum of 4 tickets for admission to the sport.
UCFAA claims that CORE LLC continued to function, albeit underneath a brand new title, as CORE LP to keep away from its liabilities. The group is searching for $136,416.67 in damages, plus lawyer’s charges, prices, and pre- and post-judgment curiosity.
The case is scheduled for a non-jury trial, commencing on Sept.14, 2026, on the Orange County Courthouse. A pre-trial listening to is about for Aug. 12.
Matt Murschel will be reached at mmurschel@orlandosentinel.com
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