Jacksonville, Florida
The renovated Jacksonville Beach Pier will reopen to fishing on today at 7am. The pier will be free and open daily from 7am to 7pm. Public restrooms are available nearby in the adjacent beach parking lot. There will be a limit of 3 fishing rods Read More …
Wednesday morning at 10am, Mayor Lenny Curry and City of Jacksonville Beach-Government Mayor Christine Hoffman will host a ribbon cutting ceremony to re-open the Jacksonville Beach Pier. Watch or listen to your local news stations as they carry the event live.
In August of 1926, W.H. Adams Sr. opened the Ocean View Pavilion amusement park near the Jacksonville Beach Pier. His dream at the time was to build a roller coaster that would rival the iconic Cyclone at Coney Island, which opened in 1927. Construction began Read More …