When FC Cincinnati played Orlando City on May 19, The Enquirer visited Parramore, Florida, where the Florida team built its stadium in 2017.

The similarities between Parramore and the West End, where FC Cincinnati is building its stadium are striking.

Both are historically black neighborhoods plagued with poverty.

Both are within walking distance of a downtown seeing a renaissance.

And in both cases, there's hope a Major League Soccer stadium will spur the kind of development that grows a neighborhood where new residents come, but longtime residents can stay.

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Gentrification is starting, but it's slow

Two colleges are building a duel campus in the neighborhood and there are restaurants and bars popping up. But for the most part, the neighborhood closest to the stadium looks much like it always has.

It's what you can't see at first glance that shows change is coming.

There are grassy plots of land in between homes where people once lived, places waiting for the development to come. A church that sits in the shadow of the stadium refused to move. It holds services, even on game days.

People have moved away

Carol Gibbs, 74, lives two blocks away from the Orlando City stadium. Her rent has gone up to $725 a month. Her rent and the rent of people she knows used to be $450 or $500.

"A lot of people moved," she said.

There are "beau coup white people" moving in, unable to afford Orlando rents that are $1,300 or $1,400, Gibbs said. They see Parramore as affordable and close enough to downtown.

The Orlando Sentinel reported earlier this year that home prices in Parramore have doubled.

But longtime residents and businesses are happy

Residents and business owners in Parramore told The Enquirer the stadium brought opportunity. There are jobs at the stadium, and because there is no dedicated parking for fans, game day brings a windfall for residents who park cars on their lawns at $20 a pop.

J Henry, whose barber shop, is across the street from the stadium, said: "There was uncertainty at first. Now, it's the best thing that ever happened. The neighborhood has changed tremendously for the better.”