Broadway at the Beach

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Broadway at the Beach is a shopping and entertainment complex located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Broadway at the Beach is owned and operated by Burroughs & amp; Chapin. The $ 250 million attraction is set at 350 acres (1.4 kms in the heart of Myrtle Beach) and features three theaters, over 20 restaurants and over 100 specialty stores and attractions, nightclubs and hotels. , all around 23 acres (93,000 m ²) Lake Broadway. Broadway at the Beach receives over 14 million visitors each year.

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The complex is divided into different zones named New England Fisheries Village , Caribbean Village , Charleston Boardwalk , Port of Heroes and The Avenue , district-themed night district district district district which stays open later than the other districts. The complex is home to many attractions, such as Carmike Broadway 17 Cinemas, Ripley Aquarium, Palace Theater, Legends In Concert, WonderWorks, Hollywood Wax Museum and Nostalgia Pavilion Park, featuring rides from the former Myrtle Beach Pavilion. The complex contains three hotels, an Innside Hampton Inn, and a Fairfield Inn and a Holiday Inn Express located across 29th Avenue North in a section called Lakeshore on Broadway .

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History

Burroughs & amp; Chapin announced the project in 1993. The July 4, 1995 Grandopening included Senators Strom Thurmond and Governor David Beasley. The first attractions include Hard Rock Cafe and Palace Theater. A horseshoe-shaped area ran from Celebrity Square to the "Generation Play" fountain. An additional store came later, along with Grissom Parkway. The nearest US Bypass 17 draws more development. In November 1996, Planet Hollywood and All Star Cafe opened in the "Lakeshore at Broadway" district. The high-profile grand opening of two restaurants in 1997 attracted celebrities such as Bruce Willis, Jennifer Love-Hewitt and Will Smith.

In October 2010, Legends in Concert held its last show near Surfside Beach before moving to Club Kryptonite site (originally at All Star Cafe) in 2011. WonderWorks, described as "a science attraction housed in an upside-down building. ", Opened April 4, 2011. On April 1, 2012, Backstage Mirror Maze and The Vault Laser Maze opened. The labyrinth attraction reminds of the real bank robbery in Times Square from the 1930s.

After Labor Day weekend in 2015, Planet Hollywood and MagiQuest are closed, and the world-shaped Planet Hollywood building is destroyed the following month. Around the same time, several clubs in the Celebrity Square district, including Revolutions and Carlos'n Charlie's announced that they will be closed in November. Some people living in the area expressed concern that Burroughs & amp; Chapin wants to drop adult attractions for a more family-oriented development.

On February 3, 2015, a change was announced that included Dave & amp; Buster's as well as American Tap House and OZ nightclubs. The new Hard Rock Cafe of 15,043 square feet opened in 2016. The magnificent pyramid of Hard Rock was unloaded in autumn 2016 to make way for Dave & Buster. In addition, Wahlburger's location opens in autumn 2016, replacing the former Rodeo Club. The former restaurant Carlos'n Charlie will be home to a two-story restaurant called Paula Deen Family Kitchen. Malibu's Surf Bar, Crocodile Rocks, Raw Bar Original Shucker, and Carolina Comedy Club will remain where they are. In addition, the Celebrity Square district received a facelift to replace the aging "French Quarter" facade with a more contemporary style reminiscent of the warehouse district. In 2017, Celebrity Square was officially renamed "The Avenue"; all reference references Celebrity Square then deleted.

The faÃƒÆ'Ã‚Â§ade of the 2700-seat Palace Theater received massive damage from Hurricane Matthew in October 2016. Along with water damage, the situation caused the city to declare the building "unfit for human dwellings" in January 2017 unless repairs were made. The Bonnie storm caused similar damage in 1998, but the theater has been more successful and improvements are still possible. On April 11, 2017, Chapin Company said the building would be torn down; buildings destroyed starting April 25, 2017.

One of the new attractions for 2018 is the 360 â€‹â€‹Observation Wheel, a 156-foot Ferris Wheel with 36 gondolas that will sit six, and a million lights that can blink together with music.