{"id":388413,"date":"2026-09-02T16:37:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/388413\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T16:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T16:37:22","slug":"historic-manhattan-casino-will-reopen-september-19th-as-city-run-event-venue-in-south-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/388413\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Manhattan Casino will reopen September 19th as city-run event venue in south St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cFrom elegant social events and dances to live performances and community celebrations, the Manhattan Casino has earned the historic place it holds in the hearts of so many,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The building closed in 1968 and later operated as a pool hall and bar. In the 1980s, its former dance hall was used as storage space for a local sign and trucking company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The city designated the Manhattan Casino a historic landmark in 1994 and purchased the property in 2002. Beginning in 2011, city officials partnered with several outside operators in efforts to reactivate the building, including a short-lived food hall in 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The final operator, The Urban Collective, left after its lease expired in late 2022. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rather than seek another private operator, city officials decided to run the Manhattan Casino as an event venue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The reopening comes as new housing is starting to take shape around the historic venue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The Deuces Rising Townhomes across the street are now complete, and Mayor Ken Welch recently selected <a href=\"https:\/\/stpeterising.com\/home\/mayor-welch-selects-proposal-with-126-affordable-residences-and-retail-for-commerce-park-redevelopment-in-south-st-pete\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Magellan Housing<\/a> as the preferred developer for the nearby Commerce Park site. Magellan\u2019s proposal calls for 126 affordable residences and ground-floor retail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">For generations, the Manhattan Casino served as a place where St. Petersburg\u2019s Black community gathered, celebrated, and made history. On September 19th, it will again open its doors to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cFrom elegant social events and dances to live performances and community celebrations, the Manhattan Casino has earned the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-388413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}