{"id":135616,"date":"2026-01-28T23:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135616\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T23:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T23:21:16","slug":"pulse-building-removal-set-for-march-fencing-goes-up-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/135616\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulse building removal set for March, fencing goes up Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"

ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Officials have set a timeline for the removal of the former Pulse nightclub, as the city works toward putting a permanent memorial in its place.<\/p>\n

What You Need To Know<\/p>\n

Orlando has set mid-March for Pulse nightclub demolition
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Fencing to go up on Feb. 2 around the site, making the temporary memorial inaccessible
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A small area will remain available for leaving flowers and other perishable items<\/p>\n

In a statement on Thursday, officials said they will likely tear down the building in mid-March.<\/p>\n

Additionally, fencing around the structure will go up on Monday, Feb. 2, which will render the temporary memorial inaccessible.<\/p>\n

However, city officials say, a small area will be set aside so people can leave perishable items like flowers.<\/p>\n

An update on design plans for the memorial will also be held on Thursday, March 5 at 4 p.m. where new renderings will be shared.<\/p>\n

The meeting will take place online and in person. More information and links to attend the meeting will be available on the Pulse Orlando website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Construction of the memorial is scheduled to begin in fall 2026, city officials said in December<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It will honor the\u00a049 people who died and the 53 others who were injured on June 12, 2016, when gunman Omar Mateen opened fire during a Latin night at the nightclub. At the time, it was the worst mass shooting in United States history. Mateen\u00a0was shot dead in a gun battle with police just outside the popular gay nightclub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Officials have set a timeline for the removal of the former Pulse nightclub, as the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[115,1335,139,141,140,16956,275],"class_list":{"0":"post-135616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-orange-county","10":"tag-orlando","11":"tag-orlando-headlines","12":"tag-orlando-news","13":"tag-pulse-shooting","14":"tag-spectrum-news-staff"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}