{"id":5049,"date":"2026-06-19T20:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5049"},"modified":"2026-06-19T20:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T20:01:14","slug":"discovery-green-to-be-closed-saturday-night-after-houston-police-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houstonmovingjournal.com\/?p=5049","title":{"rendered":"Discovery Green to be closed Saturday night after Houston Police request"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON<\/strong> – <\/span>Houston’s Discovery Green will be closed to the public from Saturday night to early Sunday, according to a representative.<\/p>

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Houston Discovery Green closing Saturday night<\/h2>

What they’re saying:<\/p>

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A PR representative for Discovery Green tells FOX 26 that the Downtown Houston park will be closed from 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20, to 6 a.m. the following morning.<\/p>

The “Screen on the Green” viewings for that night are also canceled.<\/p>

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According to the representative, the closure was decided “at the behest of the Houston Police Department.”<\/p>

Bumper boats and cruiser boats at Discovery Green will be available at 10 a.m. on Sunday.<\/p>

Last weekend’s takeover<\/strong><\/h2>

Big picture view:<\/p>

The Discovery Green announcement comes one week after a “teen takeover” that brought 500\u2013600 minors to the park.<\/p>

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Reports of the crowd started coming in just before 9:30 p.m. last Saturday. More resources were called so officers could do crowd control.<\/p>