ORLANDO, Fla. – Inside the front entrance of Pulse Nightclub, a cash register still sits on a counter. Before June 12, 2016, an employee presumably would have used it when accepting a guest’s cover fee.

An ATM is conveniently situated next to the front door, available for anyone who needed to withdraw cash.

Above the ATM, a colorful poster previews a drag show the following Saturday, June 18, 2016. That event would never be held.

It is through this same room that a gunman entered and began his deadly rampage, killing 49 people and injuring more than 50 others.

News 6 and media outlets from across Central Florida visited Pulse on Monday, as the city granted journalists the opportunity to spend 30 minutes inside.

The visit comes as the city of Orlando prepares to select a firm that will be tasked with constructing and designing a permanent memorial in place of the current club.

With the nightclub slated to be torn down later this year, survivors and families of victims were allowed inside Pulse last week for the first organized visit in nine years.

“There was a sense of calm,” Laly Santiago-Leon told reporters last week about her experience standing in the precise spot where her cousin, Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon — known to many as “Dani” — died.

Santiago-Leon said she gained a better understanding of what Dani’s final moments might have entailed.

“I sat in the spot and touched and kissed it,” she said. “All the memories just kind of rushed through.”

Much of the club is bare. Furniture has since been removed and the place has been thoroughly cleaned.

The holes from bullets that pierced bathroom walls are still visible. Between the bathrooms, a wall that was breached by police is covered. The gunman had barricaded himself in one of the bathrooms, and was killed by police after the successful breach.

Sandoval reported from outside Pulse all morning on June 12, 2016.

“I think the big question is, ‘Why was it important for us to go inside?’” Sandoval said. “We document history. We have to be a snapshot in history. And yeah, we couldn’t bring a camera inside and show that history. But through this, we’re able to at least share what we saw.”

The city did not permit any audio or video recordings inside Pulse. The visual details pertaining to what remains inside are strictly based off Sandoval and Valente’s own observations.

While there are obvious reminders of the terror that unfolded inside, there are also signs of joy that once permeated the building.

Two disco balls hang from the ceiling above a stage that is adjacent to the main dance floor. They sandwich an ornate chandelier. Televisions are affixed to walls in several rooms. And the speakers that blared music during the chaos sit unplugged.

The club will be razed later this year. Construction is slated to begin next year, coinciding with the 10-year mark of the massacre. A permanent memorial could be established by 2027.