DANIA BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 5, 2025--
Puttshack, the world’s first and only upscale, tech-infused mini golf experience, will be elevating gameplay to new heights with the opening of its newest location at Dania Pointe on August 27, its 22nd venue and second in South Florida.
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Located at 1825 Way Pointe Place, the 25,000+ square-foot venue will offer immersive mini golf, globally-inspired food, hand-crafted cocktails, and a vibrant social atmosphere perfect for all ages. The newest Puttshack will feature four highly competitive, tech-driven nine-hole mini golf courses, six Challenge Hole suites, has two full-service bars, a private event space, and an outdoor patio.
Dania’s Game-Changer: The Challenge Hole
The Dania Beach location will be the third in the U.S. to feature one of Puttshack’s newest innovations in indoor mini golf: Challenge Hole suites, a semi-private, elevated experience designed with groups in mind. The Challenge Hole is a dedicated mini golf suite where guests can enjoy 90-minute sessions of head-to-head competition with a variety of unique mini golf games, all in one space.
Perfect for celebrations, team outings, or casual hangs, the Challenge Hole offers a social, interactive environment complete with full-service dining and beverage service. Dania Beach will feature six of these suites, available for advance booking.
“We’re excited to introduce Puttshack to Dania Beach as we continue expanding across Florida,” said Susan Walmesley, CMO of Puttshack. “This new location reflects everything we love about South Florida: vibrant, social, and full of energy. From our tech-driven gameplay to immersive new features like The Challenge Hole, we’ve created a space that brings people together in a fresh and memorable way. We can’t wait to welcome the community in to see what we’re all about.”
Mini Golf, Reimagined
At the heart of the Puttshack experience is its proprietary Trackaball™ technology, which powers a one-of-a-kind gameplay that tracks players’ scores in real time – no pencils, no paper, just pure competition. Players will tee off across multiple 9-hole courses, each packed with interactive elements like pop culture trivia, arcade-style challenges, and crowd-favorite hazards.
Food & Drink Worth Playing For
Combined with the one-of-a-kind gameplay is a thoughtfully-curated culinary experience, shaped by hands-on research and development from Puttshack’s experienced food and beverage team. The globally inspired menu will also feature the Miami Tailpipes– Cuban-style croquette spring rolls filled with ham & cheese béchamel, and red pepper aioli. For every order sold, Puttshack will donate $1 to Feeding South Florida, supporting the surrounding community.
Guests will also enjoy a full-service bar offering imaginative craft cocktails like the Pineapple Mezcal Margarita served with a jalapeño-infused popsicle, Pornstar Martini topped with smoke, and the Frozen Coconut Aperol Margarita– a local feature. Guests can also enjoy a mix of zero-proof options, wine, and beers from Invasive Species Brewing, 3 Sons Brewing Co, and Cigar City Brewing. The blend of bold flavors, vibrant drinks, and top-tier hospitality delivers an elevated yet playful experience that’s just as memorable as the mini golf itself.
“Our vision with Dania Pointe has always been to create a lifestyle destination where people can spend a day shopping, enjoying our restaurants and events and having fun at our entertainment destinations,” said Maynel Alvarez-Requejo, Senior Director of Lifestyle Marketing for Kimco Realty. “We’ve come full circle with the highly anticipated opening of Puttshack. The positive feedback and excitement we’re hearing throughout the community has been amazing.”
Puttshack Dania Beach will officially open to the public at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, August 27, and will operate Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m., and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Kids are welcome until 8 p.m., after which the venue becomes 21+.
Guests can sign up for Puttshack Perks at https://www.puttshack.com/locations/dania-beach to be the first to know when reservations go live and receive a free game of mini golf. Game and dining reservations will open on August 13, ahead of opening day on August 27. Inquiries for private events such as corporate outings, celebrations, and parties are now being accepted for dates after opening at https://www.puttshack.com/locations/dania-beach/.
About Puttshack
Puttshack is a leading concept in the emerging and growing market of competitive socializing. Combining a tech-infused mini golf game with an exceptional food and beverage offering, Puttshack has multi-generation appeal. Our proprietary Trackaball™ technology allows guests to play a point-scoring game surrounded by an upscale and exciting environment. Puttshack is the perfect place for dates, family bonding, birthdays, nights out with friends, or corporate outings. Since opening its first location in 2018, Puttshack now has several locations across London and the U.S. The company has its global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, with a UK headquarters in London. For more information, please visit puttshack.com.
About Dania Pointe
Dania Pointe is a 102-acre premier South Florida open-air destination with nearly one million square feet of retail, entertainment, and restaurants, complemented by a full-service Marriott and AC hotel, luxury apartments, and the corporate campus of Spirit Airlines. This master-planned open-air destination offers plentiful parking in an unbeatable South Florida location, two miles from Fort Lauderdale International Airport, four miles from Port Everglades, and six miles from downtown Fort Lauderdale. Locals and tourists alike are welcome to celebrate all year on the Lawn, a meticulously manicured open area for relaxation and conversation under swaying palm trees. Dania Pointe offers a variety of unique and exclusive experiences, events, and programs such as live music, Wellness Wednesdays, Family Sundays, Night Artisanal Markets and much more. Dania Pointe is owned and operated by Kimco Realty Corp. To learn more and explore Dania Pointe, visit DaniaPointe.com.
About Kimco Realty®
Kimco Realty® (NYSE: KIM) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) and leading owner and operator of high-quality, open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers and mixed-use properties in the United States. The company’s portfolio is strategically concentrated in the first-ring suburbs of the top major metropolitan markets, including high-barrier-to-entry coastal markets and Sun Belt cities. Its tenant mix is focused on essential, necessity-based goods and services that drive multiple shopping trips per week. Publicly traded on the NYSE since 1991 and included in the S&P 500 Index, the company has specialized in shopping center ownership, management, acquisitions, and value-enhancing redevelopment activities for more than 65 years. With a proven commitment to corporate responsibility, Kimco Realty is a recognized industry leader in this area. As of March 31, 2025, the company owned interests in 567 U.S. shopping centers and mixed-use assets comprising 101 million square feet of gross leasable space. The company announces material information to its investors using the company’s investor relations website (investors.kimcorealty.com), SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls, and webcasts. The company also uses social media to communicate with its investors and the public, and the information the company posts on social media may be deemed material information. Therefore, the company encourages investors, the media, and others interested in the company to review the information that it posts on the social media channels, including Facebook ( www.facebook.com/kimcorealty ), and LinkedIn ( www.linkedin.com/company/kimco-realty-corporation ). The list of social media channels that the company uses may be updated on its investor relations website from time to time.
Puttshack Brings Upscale, Tech-Driven Mini Golf and Dining to New Dania Beach Location Opening August 27
HAVANA (AP) — Trumpets and drums played solemnly at Havana's airport Thursday as white-gloved Cuban soldiers marched out of a plane carrying urns with remains of the 32 Cuban officers killed during a stunning U.S. attack on Venezuela.
Nearby, thousands of Cubans lined one of Havana’s most iconic streets to await the bodies as the island remained under threat by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The soldiers' shoes clacked as they marched stiff-legged into the headquarters of the Ministry of the Armed Forces and placed the urns on a long table next to the pictures of those killed. Tens of thousands of people paid their respects, saluting the urns or holding their hand over their heart, many of them drenched from standing outside in a heavy downpour.
Thursday’s mass funeral was only one of a handful that the Cuban government has organized over the past half-century.
The soldiers were part of the security detail of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during the Jan. 3 raid on his residence to seize the former leader and bring him to the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges.
State television also showed images of what it said were more than a dozen wounded combatants from the raid, accompanied by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez after arriving Wednesday night from Venezuela. A man identified in state media as Col. Pedro Domínguez attended Thursday's ceremony in a wheelchair.
He said it was a “disproportionate attack” that killed 11 colleagues around him as they slept. Domínguez said he was committed to doing “whatever it takes to defend this people and to remain united in the face of threats from the United States.”
Tensions between Cuba and the U.S. have spiked, with Trump recently demanding that the Caribbean country make a deal with him before it is “too late.” He did not explain what kind of deal.
Trump also has said that Cuba will no longer live off Venezuela's money and oil. Experts warn that the abrupt end of oil shipments could be catastrophic for Cuba, which is already struggling with serious blackouts and a crumbling power grid.
Officials unfurled a massive flag at Havana's airport as President Miguel Díaz-Canel, clad in military garb, stood silent next to former President Raúl Castro, with what appeared to be the relatives of those killed looking on nearby.
Cuban Interior Minister Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas called the slain soldiers “heroes” of an anti-imperialist struggle spanning both Cuba and Venezuela. In an apparent reference to the U.S., he said the “enemy” speaks of “high-precision operations, of troops, of elites, of supremacy.
“We, on the other hand, speak of faces, of families who have lost a father, a son, a husband, a brother,” Álvarez said.
The events demonstrate that “imperialism may possess more sophisticated weapons; it may have immense material wealth; it may buy the minds of the wavering; but there is one thing it will never be able to buy: the dignity of the Cuban people,” he said.
Carmen Gómez, a 58-year-old industrial designer, was among the thousands of Cubans who lined a street where motorcycles and military vehicles thundered by with the remains of those killed.
“They are people willing to defend their principles and values, and we must pay tribute to them,” Gómez said. “It’s because of the sense of patriotism that Cubans have, and that will always unite us.”
The 32 military personnel ranged in age from 26 to 60 and were part of protection agreements between the two countries.
Officials in Cuba have said they expect a massive demonstration Friday across from the U.S. Embassy to protest the deaths.
“People are upset and hurt ... many do believe that the dead are martyrs” of a historic struggle against the United States, analyst and former diplomat Carlos Alzugaray told The Associated Press.
In October 1976, then-President Fidel Castro led a massive demonstration to bid farewell to the 73 people killed in the bombing of a civilian flight financed by anti-revolutionary leaders in the U.S. Most of the victims were Cuban athletes.
In December 1989, officials organized a ceremony to honor the more than 2,000 Cuban combatants who died in Angola during Cuba’s participation in a war that defeated the South African army.
In October 1997, memorial services were held following the arrival of the remains of guerrilla commander Ernesto “Che” Guevara and six of his comrades, who died in 1967.
The latest mass burial is critical to honor those slain, said José Luis Piñeiro, a 60-year-old doctor who lived for four years in Venezuela.
“I don’t think Trump is crazy enough to come and enter a country like this, ours, and if he does, he’s going to have to take an aspirin or some painkiller to avoid the headache he’s going to get,” Piñeiro said. “These were 32 heroes who fought him. Can you imagine an entire nation? He’s going to lose.”
The remains arrived a day after the U.S. announced $3 million in additional aid to help the island recover from the catastrophic Hurricane Melissa. The first flight took off on Wednesday, and a second flight was scheduled for Friday. A commercial vessel also will deliver food and other supplies.
Cuba had said on Wednesday that any contributions will be channeled through the government.
But U.S. State Department foreign assistance official Jeremy Lewin said Thursday that the U.S. was working with Cuba’s Catholic Church to distribute aid, as part of Washington's efforts to give assistance directly to the Cuban people.
“There’s nothing political about cans of tuna and rice and beans and pasta,” he said Thursday, warning that the Cuban government should not intervene or divert supplies. “We will be watching, and we will hold them accountable.”
Lewin said the Cuban government has a choice to: “Step down or better provide towards people.” Lewin added that “if there was no regime,” the U.S. would provide “billions and billions of dollars” in assistance, as well as investment and development: “That’s what lies on the other side of the regime for the Cuban people.”
Rodríguez, the Cuban foreign minister, said the U.S. government was “exploiting what appears to be a humanitarian gesture for opportunistic and politically manipulative purposes.”
Coto contributed from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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People line up outside the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces where the remains are on display of the Cuban officers who were killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured President Nicolas Maduro, as it sprinkles rain in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Military members line up outside the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces where the urns containing the remains of Cuban officers, killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured President Nicolas Maduro, are on display in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Military members pay their last respects to Cuban officers who were killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, at the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces where the urns containing the remains are displayed during a ceremony in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A motorcade transports urns containing the remains of Cuban officers, who were killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, through Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Soldiers carry urns containing the remains of Cuban officers, who were killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, at the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Adalberto Roque /Pool Photo via AP)
A motorcade transports urns containing the remains of Cuban officers, who were killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, through Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A motorcade transports urns containing the remains of Cuban officers, who were killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, through Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People line the streets of Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, to watch the motorcade carrying urns containing the remains of Cuban officers killed during the U.S. operation in Venezuela that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Workers fly the Cuban flag at half-staff at the Anti-Imperialist Tribune near the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, in memory of Cubans who died two days before in Caracas, Venezuela during the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by U.S. forces. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
