From 1989–2006 the Hanneford Family Circus performed daily (except Tuesdays) in the Swap Shop food court, entertaining the roughly 12 million people who visit each year.
[1] On November 22, 1963, Betty and Preston Henn opened the Thunderbird Drive-in Theater.
[3] After a 1966 trip to the American West Coast, Henn decided to add a flea market, allowing the region to have a collective rummage sale and encouraging the start of many small businesses in southeastern Florida.
and the Sunshine Band, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn and Three Dog Night.
The drive in at the Fort Lauderdale location closed in 2023 after a suspicious fire burned screen 5, but the flea market is still in operation.