Shopping and crowds usually go together — but not in downtown Boca Raton, where the managers of Mizner Park say city events are crowding out their customers.
In a letter from its lawyer, the owners of Mizner Park are demanding the city grant veto rights over what sort of acts and festivals the city brings to the Mizner Park’s amphitheater. They say that some of the recent line-ups have drawn crowds that put Mizner Park mall at risk of being sued by its tenants.
Mizner Park “has been inundated with complaints by occupants, particularly the restaurants, because of lost business due to incompatible uses at the civic site, inability to use access roads and non-compliant parking during events,” wrote Kathleen Dempsy Boyle, a Chicago lawyer who works for the owner of Mizner Park.