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Four years after breaking ground, Port Charlotte resort is open

Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor, which has seen major delays from a pandemic to particularly crippling hurricane since breaking ground, is set to open — with fanfare and hope atop the menu.

By Louis Llovio
| 5:00 a.m. December 15, 2023
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After years of delays, Allegiant Travel Co.'s Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor is open.

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Back on Mach 20, 2019, it all seemed so simple.

That’s the day officials and well-wishers gathered in Port Charlotte for the ceremonial groundbreaking of the Sunseeker Charlotte Harbor Resort, a project described that day as “nothing short of extraordinary — an incredible integrated resort experience that builds on the natural beauty of the area and brings tremendous value to guests and local residents.”

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Louis Llovio

Louis Llovio is the deputy managing editor at the Business Observer. Before going to work at the Observer, the longtime business writer worked at the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Maryland Daily Record and for the Baltimore Sun Media Group. He lives in Tampa.