From the South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Best Place for a Pickup Basketball Game

October 18 2006

Holiday Park
1300 E. Sunrise Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954/828-5346, Ci.ftlaud.fl.us/cityparks/holiday

Besides a ball, shorts and a decent pair of sneakers, sandlot hoop players need three things for a pickup game: a marked, lighted court; hoops with nets (optional in a pinch); and players who know a pick-and-roll from an alley-oop. Holiday Park has all three. As pickup games generally take place in the evenings, this park features two lighted courts in the center of the park, near the football and soccer fields, and is open until midnight for those great nights when you don't want to stop playing.