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A month later, a developer proposed building 1,500 homes on the site and surrounding land, and the Pembroke Pines City Commission voted to change the land's zoning from commercial recreation to residential. [30] In 1992, the Broward County Planning Council approved plans for 1,260 homes and a small shopping center on the site. [31]
In fact, the convention center deficiencies were estimated to cause Broward County to lose $400 million ($531 million in 2024) in business and 960,000 hotel room nights between 2008 and 2016. [20] At the time, the Broward County Convention Center had 600,000 square feet (56,000 m 2), including a 200,000 square feet (19,000 m 2) exhibit floor. [1]
Pembroke Pines was officially incorporated on January 16, 1960. The city's name, Pembroke Pines, is traced back to Sir Edward J. Reed, a member of Britain's Parliament for the County of Pembroke from 1874 to 1880, who in 1882, formed the Florida Land and Mortgage Company to purchase from Hamilton Disston a total of 2 million acres of mostly swampland located throughout the southern half of ...
Charles F. Dodge City Center Pembroke Pines: 3,704 Century Village Pembroke Pines Theater: 1,030 October 3, 1998 Amerant Bank Arena: Sunrise: 20,737 2004 Revolution Live Fort Lauderdale: 1,300 February 26, 1991 Broward Center for the Performing Arts: 2,658 (Au-Rene Theater) 582 (Amaturo Theater) February 6, 1967 Parker Playhouse: 1,147 2007
In August 1961, the Convention Center was the meeting place for a youth convention set up by The American Lutheran Church. Among the notable speakers was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [ 1 ] From 1960 to 1971, and again in 1997, the center was the site of the Miss Universe pageant.
The Watsco Center (originally named the University of Miami Convocation Center) is an 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. The venue hosts concerts, family shows, trade shows, lecture series, university events and sporting events, and serves as the home court to the Miami Hurricanes ...
BYB 29: Brawl in the Pines III August 10, 2024 Pembroke Pines, Florida, Charles F. Dodge Center Gregoris Cisneros def. Cub Hawkins (BYB Light Heavyweight) BYB 30: Cardiff Brawl August 17, 2024 Cardiff, Wales, Vale Arena LT Nelson def. Barrie Jones (PG World Diamond) BYB 31: Stockyard Brawl August 17, 2024 Denver, Colorado, Stockyards Event Center
Somewhere on Tour was a concert tour by heavy metal band Iron Maiden, from 10 September 1986 to 21 May 1987, supporting their album Somewhere in Time.The band performed across the globe, in countries including Poland, Italy, the United States and England.