Florida may lose $218M on empty ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ shutdown

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida could be on the hook for $218 million the state spent to convert a remote training airport in the Everglades into an immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.”

The center may soon be completely empty as a judge upheld her decision late Wednesday ordering operations to wind down indefinitely.

Shutting down the facility for the time being would cost the stat…