In 2024, Ocala paid Sky Elements more than $71,000 for a 15-minute, 300-drone show. The city renewed its contract with the company on Dec. 17 to cover shows in 2025 and 2026.

Jan 22, 2025 · City council members in Ocala unanimously voted to terminate their contract with the drone show company, Sky Elements, exactly one month after a drone show malfunction at …

Jan 22, 2025 · During their meeting Tuesday night, city council members voted to terminate their contract with Sky Slements, which would have paid the company $300 thousand for two …

Jan 22, 2025 · The Ocala City Council unanimously voted 4-0, with Councilman Barry Mansfield absent, to terminate the city’s contract with Sky Elements, the Fort Worth, Texas-based drone …

Dec 23, 2024 · Days after the city of Ocala approved a two-year contract with Sky Elements to continue the July 4th drone show, the company faced technical malfunctions when drones fell …

Jan 2, 2025 · GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - The company Ocala city leaders contracted to handle their Fourth of July drone show is in a holding pattern. Records show the FAA has suspended …

Jan 8, 2025 · On Tuesday, Ocala City Manager Peter Lee briefly touched on the city’s ongoing relationship with Sky Elements, LLC, the company that was contracted last month to conduct …

Jan 23, 2025 · On Tuesday, the Ocala City Council voted unanimously to cancel the July 4 patriotic drone show. The move came after the company tasked with putting on the show had …

Dec 23, 2024 · OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - What was supposed to be a fun night under a drone show ended with a seven-year-old boy getting open heart surgery due to drones falling from the sky. …

Oct 14, 2024 · The new two-year contract would extend the city’s relationship with Sky Elements, LLC through February 8, 2027. The proposed drone shows in 2025 and 2026 would take place …