Foundation purchases land for Pulse nightclub shooting museum
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A foundation has purchased land to build a museum about the 2016 massacre that killed 49 people at a Florida gay nightclub.
The onePulse Foundation said Monday that it has acquired a 1.75 acre parcel about a third of a mile from the now-closed Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
Foundation officials say funding from Orange County helped cover the cost of the parcel, which they closed on last week for $3.5 million.
According to plans, the parcel will be used to construct a museum and the actual nightclub site will become a memorial.
A group of survivors and family members of those killed in the mass shooting have formed an organization to oppose the building of a private museum to honor the victims.
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