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Anwar Hassan, 21, visiting from Washington, D.C., said he’ll just find something else to do after the curfew.
“I’m not going to let this limit my trip,” Hassan said. “I’ll just go do something else somewhere else. It doesn’t have to be at the beach. This place is huge."
Miami Beach officials have spent recent years trying to control the raucous crowds, public drinking and growing violence associated with the city’s world-famous South Beach neighborhood during spring break. Business owners claim they’re being unfairly targeted by regulations, and civil rights advocates say the city is trying to scare away Black tourists who make up…
In addition to a hard curfew for much of the party district which took effect at 11.59pm, the sale of alcohol for off-premises consumption was halted from 6pm to 6am.
Miami Beach business owners are reacting to the curfew and business restrictions imposed by the city's government in response to recent violence, telling FOX Business that it is causing them to lose tens of thousands of dollars.