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Riverside Hotel is located on trendy Las Olas Boulevard which features cool sub-tropical breezeways and courtyards alive with sidewalk cafes, lively nightclubs, chic boutiques, art galleries, and world class restaurants. The only hotel on Las Olas Boulevard, the Riverside Hotel features Indigo Restaurant , Golden Lyon Pub, and Preston's Lobby Lounge.

Las Olas Boulevard is Fort Lauderdale's most desirable location which runs from the center of the Downtown Business District to the Atlantic Ocean and Fort Lauderdale Beach. The name "Las Olas" means "The Waves" in Spanish. Las Olas Boulevard is divided by a median of flowers and shady trees. Guests enjoy the outside pool and sundeck with a beautiful view of the yachts cruising by on the New River.

The Broward Center for the Performing Arts is a large multi-venue theater and entertainment complex located in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.

0pened in 1991 on a 5.5-acre site at the North Bank of the New River at Sailboat Bend, the Center became a catalyst for major downtown revitalization efforts and an anchor of the Riverwalk Arts and Entertainment District.

Designed by award winning architect Benjamin C. Thompson, the Broward Center is considered the cultural heart of Broward County. Hosting operas, ballets, concerts, plays, lectures and numerous community events in its four theaters, Broward Center is partners in the arts with several renowned organizations including the Symphony of the Americas, Florida Grand Opera, Miami City Ballet, Concert Association of Florida, Gold Coast Jazz. National tours of Broadway productions are presented in partnership with Broadway Across America. Broward Center's mission includes a strong focus on integrating the arts into education and a substantial portion of annual programming is dedicated to educational and community endeavors.

Broward Center for the Performing Arts continues to anchor the downtown riverfront area and has served as both an engine for economic development and a beacon for cultural activities in the South Florida region. In the process, it has also become one of the nation's most visited theaters, ranked number four in the world by Venues Today and seven worldwide by concert trade publication Pollstar for annual sales in 2007.

In 1998, the Broward Center began a collaboration with neighboring merchants and cultural attractions along the New River that would evolve into formation of the Riverwalk Arts and Entertainment District. This destination marketing organization features the Broward Center, The Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale, Florida Grand Opera, Concert Association of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Historical Society and Historic Stranahan House Museum. Formed to promote cultural tourism to Fort Lauderdale and to the Riverwalk district in particular, more than 1 million ticketed visitors annually attend programming at the combined Arts & Entertainment District partner venues.

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