Commission votes to end Himmarshee's entertainment district
Earlier bar hours downtown, an owners-only club at Bahia Mar, and a December match against Jamaica.
On Himmarshee Street, bars that now pour past 2 a.m. on weeknights could soon have to stop at that hour. One more commission vote stands between the street and that change.
Bars in the district would have to close an hour sooner, at 2 a.m. on weeknights and 3 a.m. on weekends. That earlier last call follows from dropping the area's special entertainment district status. The change is not final yet. Commissioners must approve it again on second reading at their next meeting, in November.
The district runs between Northwest 7th Street and the railroad tracks, with Broward Boulevard as its northern edge. Inside it sit the performing arts center and the Museum of Discovery and Science. Restaurants share those blocks with a stretch of late-night bars and clubs.
Commissioners say they are fed up with crime on Himmarshee Street. There have been at least 124 arrests there so far this year. That count leaves out last December's mass shooting, in which five people were injured. The vote came about a week after the city stepped up police enforcement in the district.
Until the second vote happens, the later closing hours remain the rule.
Plans revealed for a one-acre private club at St. Regis Residences, Bahia Mar
Owners at the St. Regis Residences, Bahia Mar would get a tennis court and a padel court, an outdoor lap pool and a clubhouse with St. Regis service. The waterfront club is reserved for residential owners only, so this one-acre space is not a public amenity. The Related Group, Tate Capital and Rok Acquisitions are behind it, and the landscape architecture firm EDSA designed it.
The club is one piece of the $2 billion Bahia Mar project, which covers about 40 acres of waterfront. Plans also call for 106 resort residences, a St. Regis hotel with 122 keys and a condo tower of 78 residences. Arquitectonica is handling the architecture, with interiors by London-based Tara Bernerd & Partners.
Prices sit far above most local budgets. Private residences start at $4.9 million, and resort residences begin at $3 million. Work is expected to start in 2027, and the developers anticipate finishing in 2030.
For now, all of this is a plan rather than a building.
The Red Gala at Pier 66 backed Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital
Pier 66 hosted the 2026 Red Gala on Saturday, Oct. 24. Business and civic figures came out for the evening, which aimed to help bring medical breakthroughs to patients in need. 7News anchor Olivia Diventi took the microphone as emcee. The bar from last year is high: the 2025 gala brought in more than $3 million for the hospital.
USMNT closes its 2026 campaign against Jamaica in Fort Lauderdale on Dec. 13
- When
- Sunday, Dec. 13 · 3:30 p.m. ET
- Where
- Inter Miami CF Stadium
Kickoff at Inter Miami CF Stadium is 3:30 p.m. ET, and the match marks the team's seventh trip to Fort Lauderdale. Head coach Mauricio Pochettino has won all four games of the new cycle so far.
This is a standalone match, not part of a tournament. It gives MLS players one more chance to impress ahead of 2027, when official play resumes. That year could bring the Concacaf Nations League Finals, the Concacaf Gold Cup and the start of 2030 World Cup qualifying.
Viewers can watch on TNT, truTV or HBO Max, and also on Telemundo, Universo or Peacock. Westwood One Sports carries the radio call in English, with Fútbol de Primera in Spanish. Public ticket sales are already open.