PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — With the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions in Philadelphia next month, the tourism industry is ready to welcome visitors back, and they'll be using a newly-opened visitor center in LOVE Park to do it.
Mayor Jim Kenney and Council President Darrell Clarke were among those participating in ribbon cutting of the LOVE Park Visitor Center.
It's a mini-version of the main visitor center on Independence Mall at 6th and Market streets, and it offers almost all of the amenities offered there.
"The parks and recreation department of the city, which has been wonderful to work with, offered us a site to put our own little building up here," said James J. Cuorato, CEO of the Independence Visitor Center Corporation.
"We are just thrilled we'll be able to welcome visitors back to LOVE Park here."
It's a small building, so a handful of people can fit inside the building at one time.
You can buy tickets for all of the museums and attractions, as well as tickets for the Phlash bus, a service that loops through Center City and links the major attractions. It has a stop right in front of the new visitor center.
"For any visitors that want to park their car one time and get to see the city or get around to the attractions there on no better way to do it," said Cuorato.
"We also have some of our most popular memorabilia items for people who want to take home something Philadelphia-branded, a lot of LOVE merchandise, William Penn and City Hall merchandise.”
The visitors center also offers free walking maps.
The building sat vacant during the past year.