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community skating. The venue will also be home to a nearly Huizenga Park
4,000 seat concert venue and a new restaurant. Construction Huizenga Park was created by the Fort Lauderdale Downtown
began in Spring 2021 and a grand opening is projected for Development Authority over 25 years ago at a time when
later this year. Downtown Fort Lauderdale was primarily a destination for
This will be a special venue to have in our backyard and it business and a space was needed for large events to attract
will be exciting to see the Panthers expand their footprint into people to downtown on the weekends. Today, Downtown is a
Downtown Fort Lauderdale. As a lifelong Fort Lauderdale thriving city home to a rapidly growing residential population
resident, I have fond memories of attending events at War with a very different set of needs.
Memorial in the past and look forward to making new Today, the Downtown Development Authority is leading the
memories with my family when it reopens. effort to reimagine Huizenga Park to have a multi-generational

Photo courtesy of Fort Lauderdale DDA

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