The former Pulse nightclub— the site of the 2016 mass shooting that killed 49 patrons— south of downtown Orlando, Florida, on Oct. 18, 2023. - Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS
ORLANDO, Fla. — Pulse nightclub is officially city property. City officials closed the $2 million sale Friday morning, setting the stage for what they have said will be a transparent effort toward building a public memorial on the site of one of the nation’s deadliest mass shootings. The land, where the former nightclub still stands today surrounded by a rainbow photo wall, was owned by Barbara and Rosario Poma, as well as Daytona Beach businessman Michael Panaggio. Last week, Mayor Buddy Dyer told the Orlando Sentinel the city had reached a deal to purchase the property and planned to build a...
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