The Time To Play Is Here - PLAY Sporting Lounge Is Miami’s Premier New Destination For Food, Drink & Fun

“We’re so excited to finally cross the finish line to what has been years of development,” says Founder/CEO, Terry Lee. “The Doral location is our flagship location and sets the tone for future development of our unique sports and entertainment brand.”

The expansive location offers more than 12,000-square-feet of dining and entertaining including a designed-to-dazzle indoor/outdoor bar that spills out onto the large patio, which is equipped with “backyard” games such as corn hole, bocce as examples. Seven (7) Live Sports Simulator Suites and three (3) Digital Dart Lanes are customizable private spaces where guests can participate in over a dozen virtual sporting events, including golf, soccer, football, basketball, zombie dodgeball, virtual gun range and more. The suites offer the perfect setup for any gathering, from date night to corporate functions, and can even be used for activities outside of the sport simulators, including streaming live games or movies.

In addition to a remarkable design and setting, the culinary program is unparalleled. Led by Corporate Chef Justin Fields, the menu is far from the usual sports fare. The “Play Eat Sea” towers are picture-worthy with Jumbo Shrimp, Colossal Lump Crab, Tuna Poke, Chimichurri Oysters, and Bay Scallop & Shrimp Ceviche. Indulgence continues with dishes such as Truffled Lobster Pearl Pasta Mac with tender Maine lobster, pearl pasta, truffled cheese sauce, and buttered gremolata breadcrumbs. Meat lovers will be overjoyed with selections including the Brisket Street Taco Platter with 12-Hour Tender Brisket, shaved cabbage, cilantro, avocado, pickled onion, and served with warm corn flour blend tortillas. Of course, traditional favorites include the PLAY Double Smash’d Burger, Crispy House Smoked Wings, Warm Buttered Pretzel Bites, and Fried Mozzarella Balls are all on the menu. The full selection includes shareables, salads, flatbreads, handhelds, plates/bowls, desserts, and kids' menu.

The beverage program is just as substantial, with craft cocktails, draft beer, wine, and alcohol-free offerings. Creative concoctions unique to the Doral restaurant include the Guajira Desert Flower (400 Conejos mezcal, hibiscus, guava-soft smoke, bright fruit); Midnight In Caracas (Santa Teresa 1786 run, spiced Demerara, cacao, orange lift) and Sol De Havana (Brugal 1888, panela syrup, mint, and sparkling wine). Even better, selections such as the PLAY IT FORWARD Paloma (Codigo 1530 Rosa Tequila, grapefruit juice, fresh lime, club soda, and a Tajin salt rim) come complete with a charity beneficiary (more on that in a bit).

The Doral opening signals the culmination of years of hard work by Founders Terry Lee and Adam Flierl, who first partnered up in 2020 and began the process of developing what would become PLAY Sporting Lounge. In fact, though the CityPlace Doral opening is considered the flagship location, it is, in actuality, the second location. In 2019, as he was seeking what would become the Doral space, Lee and his business partner, Adam Flierl, a restaurant industry veteran, would be offered a prime, albeit smaller, space at none other than Hollywood, Florida’s iconic Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Here, they would launch a retro-fitted version of PLAY Sporting Lounge, simply called PLA Sports Bar, which would go on to become their wildly successful first location. “The opportunity at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino was an unexpected blessing,” says Flierl, who has held executive roles at concepts such as Topgolf and Roy's Restaurants and is uniquely skilled at balancing high volume sales with top notch food & drink and entertainment. “It was too good an opportunity to pass up and, although our opening and COVID-19 were ill-timed, it ended up being an amazing opportunity for us to develop much of what went into PLAY and helped us double-down on our commitment to community engagement.” Fun fact: the Doral location is more than three times the size of its Hollywood sibling.

In fact, even before PLAY (or PLA for that matter) was a reality, Lee and Flierl knew that the concept they were imagining would be borne from the philosophy of PLAY, LOVE, ACT. “Our goal was to create a place that would allow us and the team to have fun (PLAY), be respected and give respect (LOVE) and be of service to the community (ACT). Everything came from that.” So much so they launched the PLA IT FORWARD Foundation, a non-profit/community engagement arm of the F&B concept dedicated to helping underprivileged youth through sports. For more information on the Foundation. please visit: https://plaitforward.org/.

PLAY Sporting Lounge is open Monday through Thursday, 4:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.; Friday, 4:00 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. On Saturdays and Sundays, brunch is served 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; closing times are 2:30 a.m. on Saturday and 1:00 a.m. on Sunday. PLAY Sporting Lounge is located at 3450 Northwest 83rd Avenue, Suite 145, Doral, Florida 33122. For more information or to make a reservation, visit: www.playsportinglounge.com.

About CityPlace Doral

CityPlace Doral is an attractive leisure destination offering a collection of memorable dining, shopping, wellness and entertainment experiences. Featuring 250,000 square feet of retail space, CityPlace Doral is a master-planned, mixed-use development nestled in the dynamic employment center of Doral in the heart of Miami-Dade County. CityPlace Doral combines the vision of world-renowned architects, designers and artists creating the next crown jewel of prosperous dining, entertainment and upscale shopping in one of South Florida’s growing cities. CityPlace Doral includes more than 40 dining, shopping and entertainment destinations for all walks of life, and the property’s entertainment retail component is anchored by a roster of first-class tenants from all over the country.

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