Mercado

[t2ggergal]

Hi

I was just wondering if the Mercado centre on I Drive still has free evening entertainment on? I know they did when i last went, but that was about 6 or 7 years ago!!

Thanks :spin:

[L Gregory]

The Mercardo is all closed and boarded up now, several buisness have moved to Festival Bay, not quite sure what there doing with the space but it's been closed for ages now.

[t2ggergal]

Really? Thats a shame, was nice sitting out and listening to who ever was performing, oh well, thanks!

[FLGirl-UKNow]

Mercado has been demolished and is under construction for a new time share/hotel/retail center. It is going to be the closest thing we have to Vegas as they plan on have a big laser light show.

Cricketer Arms has moved to Festival Bay and they have entertainment through the week. You can get more info on the bands here (http://www.cricketersarmspub.com/the_bands.htm).

[kirst_al UK]

any news on when 'mercardo' will be back up and running....

[koi]

Here is the new site for it.
http://www.thesquareorlando.com/

[COOLPAUL]

Here is the new site for it.
http://www.thesquareorlando.com/

well at the moment is just a flat peace of land and may stay that way

[jaydecay]

that looks promising!

I used to love mercado as a kid - its where we spent most evenings during those early trips. Was quite sad when I last went there 3 or so years ago and it was like a ghost town with 70% of the shops gone and most of the food court empty

[Strommie]

The new development looks like it's going to be good. It's a shame the Mercado went downhill in recent years.

[lukebrynycz]

that looks promising!

I used to love mercado as a kid - its where we spent most evenings during those early trips. Was quite sad when I last went there 3 or so years ago and it was like a ghost town with 70% of the shops gone and most of the food court empty

It is definately a shame! I used to go here when I was a kid with my parents, it was ace! The last time I went the best shop was a magic shop. It was quite funny when I showed him a card vanishing trick and the card was in his hand, he couldn't quite believe me and offered to sponsor me to move there. Whether that was a joke or not I couldn't tell but it was funny. I'm a magician by the way so was quite easy to fool a magic shop owner :grin:

I used to love the music and the arcades. Playing Virtua Fighter 2 before it come out in the UK was probably the most exciting thing I did as a kid! lol

[mad mackem]

Hi

It's no longer there:wavey: