announcing plans<\/a> for a soccer stadium nearby.<\/p>\n\u201cI have seen Port St. Lucie change quite a bit. It is becoming more geared towards families which is nicer because there really wasn\u2019t a lot for young families to do in the area,\u201d said resident Shantel Luke.<\/p>\n
Developed by S\u016aD\u0100 Investments, the $15 million project is expected to create more than 200 jobs and attract an estimated 400,000 visitors annually.<\/p>\n
\u201cBringing that economic impact\u2014bringing those dollars right here into Port St. Lucie is really great for our local economy,\u201d said Mayor Shannon Martin.<\/p>\n
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Many residents said a space like this has been long overdue.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe travel outside of Port St. Lucie to go find fun things to do so this will keep money down here, revenue down here, and keep us down here too,\u201d said resident Jonathan Loyd.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s nice, especially living down here directly in this community for my kids to be able to come here and play, for us to do date nights or walk down here, the boys to come fishing,\u201d Luke added.<\/p>\n
While excitement grows, some residents expressed concern about potential parking and traffic issues once the district opens.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe parking lot right now is already full,\u201d said Gemini Soto. \u201cThere\u2019s zero, zero parking at all\u2014where are we going to put those people?\u201d<\/p>\n
Martin said the city has planned ahead to address those concerns.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverything has been set and planned according to all of our planning standards, according to all the traffic analyses and it\u2019s not like we\u2019re going to have swarms of hundreds and hundreds or thousands of people at a time,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
For now, residents are eagerly awaiting the arrival of what city officials hope will become a destination for locals and visitors alike, offering a vibrant new space for dining, entertainment and community connection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Port St. Lucie residents have long asked for more entertainment options close to home. Now, city leaders say…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[749,266,748,171,173,172,15171,15106],"class_list":{"0":"post-18264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-local-news","10":"tag-newsbreak","11":"tag-port-st-lucie","12":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","13":"tag-port-st-lucie-news","14":"tag-this-new-addition-will-soon-bring-restaurants-and-family-fun-to-port-st-lucie","15":"tag-wptv-west-palm-beach"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18264","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=18264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}