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'''Pulse''' was a [[gay bar]], dance club, and [[nightclub]] in [[Orlando, Florida]], founded in 2004 by Barbara Poma and Ron Legler. On June 12, 2016, the club was the scene of [[
== Description ==
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== History ==
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In 1985—prior to Pulse's founding—the property located at 1912 South Orange Avenue was home to a pizza restaurant named Lorenzo's.<ref>Sherman, Chris. "[
Founded by Barbara Poma and Ron Legler, Pulse opened on July 2, 2004.<ref name= open>Matthews, Mark K. "[
=== June 2016 massacre ===
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[[File:Secretary Johnson pays Respect at Pulse Nightclub (29619443211).jpg|thumb|right|Secretary of Homeland Security [[Jeh Johnson]] visits Pulse and the makeshift memorial outside of it on the three-month anniversary of the shooting|alt=see caption]]
On June 12, 2016, a 29-year-old Muslim extremist named [[Omar Mateen]], killed 49 people and wounded 58 others in [[Orlando nightclub shooting|a mass shooting]].
In November 2016, the city of Orlando agreed to buy the nightclub for $2.25 million. Mayor [[Buddy Dyer]] expressed plans to convert the nightclub into a memorial to honor the memory of the victims.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Kreps|first1=Daniel|title=City of Orlando Buying Pulse Nightclub to Create Memorial|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/city-of-orlando-buying-pulse-nightclub-to-create-memorial-w449525|access-date=November 11, 2016|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=November 9, 2016|archive-date=November 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110152430/http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/city-of-orlando-buying-pulse-nightclub-to-create-memorial-w449525|url-status=live}}</ref>
Barbara Poma, the owner, refused to sell the nightclub to the city in December 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-pulse-nightclub-no-sale-orlando-20161205-story.html|title=Pulse nightclub owner says she won't sell to city|work=Orlando Sentinel|date=December 5, 2016|access-date=January 16, 2017|archive-date=January 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116045211/http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-pulse-nightclub-no-sale-orlando-20161205-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Instead she announced in May 2017 the creation of the onePULSE Foundation to independently fund a [[Pulse Memorial and Museum]] planned to open in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/05/orlando-shooting-pulse-nightclub-memorial-museum/525663/|title=Pulse Nightclub to Become a Memorial and Museum|last=Bendix|first=Aria|work=The Atlantic|access-date=June 12, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=June 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623111103/https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2017/05/orlando-shooting-pulse-nightclub-memorial-museum/525663/|url-status=live}}</ref>
On October 19, 2023, the city of Orlando announced they had purchased the Pulse nightclub and would demolish the existing structure and build a permanent memorial on the former site. As of December 2023, the nightclub remains standing.<ref> {{Cite web |last=Cann |first=Christopher |title=Pulse nightclub to be purchased by city of Orlando with plans of mass shooting memorial |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/10/19/pulse-nightclub-city-of-orlando-shooting-memorial/71237851007/ |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>
== See also ==
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* ''[[Our Happy Hours: LGBT Voices from the Gay Bars]]''
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