Trump, O’Reilly heading to Orlando on Sunday for ‘History Tour’
Local News Staff 
Former President Donald Trump is returning to Orlando’s Amway Center on Sunday, but instead of a free rally that kicked off his reelection campaign in 2019, this time supporters will have to pay big to see him.
Tickets for the “History Tour,” featuring Trump and former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly, start at $100 for upper deck seats and run into the thousands of dollars for VIP packages.
It’s a notable change from Trump’s usual raucous rallies, held during his 2020 campaign in Sanford and The Villages. Trump also did campaign-style free events in Iowa and Georgia in October as he has repeatedly hinted at running for president again in 2024.
“It’s interesting because one assumes that if Trump really does decide to run for office again, he will mostly hold free events as campaign rallies to try to get thousands and thousands of people to show up,” said Aubrey Jewett, a professor of political science at the University of Central Florida. “But now he’s trying to cash in, I guess. … And given the cost, it’s the intersection of two groups: people who are big Trump fans, and people who have some money.”
The tour is making Orlando its second of four stops, with the others scheduled for South Florida on Saturday and Houston and Dallas the following weekend.
The events are touted as “a series of live conversations across the country, Mr. Trump and Mr. O’Reilly will discuss exactly how things were accomplished, as well as challenges, both good and bad, during the four years of Mr. Trump’s presidency.”
