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The city of Orlando announced plans this week to purchase the Pulse Nightclub, the site of the deadliest mass shooting in United States history, and turn it into a memorial.

The popular gay club has been empty since June 12, when a gunman opened fire during a Latin-themed dance party, killing 49 people and wounding dozens more. The gunman was shot and killed in a shootout with the police, ending the siege.

Buddy Dyer, the mayor of Orlando, said that it was important for the city to take control of the site to ensure that those killed and injured were properly honored.

“It has great significance not just for the L.G.B.T.Q. community and for the Hispanic community but for all of us that live and love Orlando,” Mr. Dyer said in a video statement posted on Twitter. “I think it is very important that city take control of the site.”

He said that the city was not sure what kind of memorial it wanted to create and that for the next 12 to 18 months the site would be left untouched “so that people from around the country and world that want to visit the site can do so.”

 

[Akronis]

That's cool of Orlando.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

Good move, much better than some abandoned building that no business owner would want to touch

 

[norm9]

Good idea. A better idea would be to make it a club also.

 

[Geist-]

Great idea. I hope the memorial is appropriate and respectful

 

[MistaBowaa]

I love my city. Still plenty of tributes up around town, too.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Really appropriate way to handle the situation.

A better idea would be to make it a club also.

what?

 

[NastyBook]

Good idea. A better idea would be to make it a club also.

Ummmm....

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Really appropriate way to handle the situation.

what?

Ummmm....

The Bataclan concert hall in Paris is reopening this week.

 

[OnionPowder]

I love my city. Still plenty of tributes up around town, too.

Yep. City was and is a bit more united after that attack. Even during this election.

 

[DragonSworne]

I'm guessing the owner will get compensated somehow? I wonder how much the city is going to pay.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

A memorial nightclub sounds like something in a satire novel.

This is cool though.

 

[Viruz]

clinton won?

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

I'm guessing the owner will get compensated somehow?

I'm sure, but the business was over at the building the minute that travesty happened, getting a penny out of this is a bonus for the whoever owns it

 

[Escape Goat]

I'm guessing the owner will get compensated somehow? I wonder how much the city is going to pay.

They are buying it so yes he is being compensated.

 

[HStallion]

A memorial nightclub sounds like something in a satire novel.

This is cool though.

Come on now, it was already a Night Club. They aren't going to turn it into one as a Memorial.

 

[norm9]

The Bataclan concert hall in Paris is reopening this week.

Exactly. Either it becomes a place of only sadness and only the relatives and friends visit occasionally or its a place that marches on while also remembering those that were lost while bringing in new people that can see what happened.

 

[NastyBook]

The Bataclan concert hall in Paris is reopening this week.

Oh, I get it now. Cool. I'm still fine with the club becoming a memorial, though. Both options for both places work, imo.

 

[Joezie]

I'm guessing the owner will get compensated somehow? I wonder how much the city is going to pay.

I got a glimpse of it around randomly browsing news Channels.

Fox says the City is apparently paying 2 million for it.

 

[NastyBook]

Fox says the City is apparently paying 2 million for it.

If he's not out of the clubbing business after that check, he just got more than enough money for Pulse 2.

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Oh, I get it now. Cool. I'm still fine with the club becoming a memorial, though. Both options for both places work, imo.

Same here. I love that the Bataclan is reopening, but I don't mind the Pulse becoming a memorial either.

 

[darscot]

A memorial is cool but wasn't it super important to the community as a place to go? I guess there would just be too many memories in there for people. Hope they get a new place open soon.