Beginning in 1946, for marketing purposes the coast from Fort Walton Beach to Panama City was named the "Playground of the Gulfcoast", as witnessed by the name of the Fort Walton Beach newspaper, the Playground News, later the Playground Daily News, and now the Northwest Florida Daily News.
A comezos de 1946, cunha finalidade de mercadotecnia, a costa que se estende de Fort Walton Beach a Panama City comezou a ser coñecida como a "Zona de Xogos da Costa do Golfo" (inglés: Playground of the Gulfcoast), tal como o demostra o nome dado ao xornal de Fort Walton Beach, o Playground News, que máis tarde mudou o seu nome ao de Playground Daily News e hoxe é o Northwest Florida Daily News.