| Pride Park | |
| Location: | 1809 Meridian Ave. Miami Beach, FL |
| Coordinates: | 25.7942°N -80.1358°W |
| Area: | South Beach, FL |
| Established: | 2019 |
| Opened: | 2019 |
| Designer: | West8 |
| Budget: | $9.5M |
Pride Park is a 5.8acres park in Miami Beach, across from the Miami Beach Convention Center.[1] The park was named to show community support for the LGBTQ community as well as civic pride for the Miami Beach community.[2] [3]
Pride Park is part of the Miami Beach City Center Campus in the Miami Beach Convention Center district.[1]
The park is host to a number of events including the Miami Boat Show, Art Basel events and an outdoor film series.[4] [5]
In April 2019, construction started to convert the main convention center parking lot into a 5.8acres park.[6] On May 3, 2019 groundbreaking was celebrated by the construction firm Critical Path, City Commissioners, the Mayor of Miami Beach and others at a public event.[7]
During Art Basel Miami in 2022, Irma and Norman Braman donated the 16feet. tall Minna sculpture by Juame Plensa to the park.[8] [9]
The park contains over 500 trees, a public park, including a tropical garden, game lawn, shaded areas, veterans’ plaza, and a number of public art projects including two public art sculptures, Elmgreen & Dragset’s Bent Pool, 2019 and Juame Plensa's Minna, 2022.[1] [10]
One of the first events held at the newly opened Pride Park in December 2019 was Design Miami which is held during Art Basel Miami.[11] The park is also host to a number of events for the annual Miami Beach Pride celebration each year.[12]
Some of the events held at Pride Park include: