The Historic Manhattan Casino St. Petersburg Fl
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- The Historic Manhattan Casino Event Hall St. Petersburg Fl
- The Historic Manhattan Casino St. Petersburg Florida
- Peck, Rosalie and Jon Wilson. Petersburg’s Historic 22 nd Street South. Charleston: The History Press 2006. “The Manhattan Casino: It was All We Had.” Tampa Bay Times. “Manhattan Casino addition gets approval from city.” Tampa Bay Times. December 24, 2003 Pg.
- Petersburg Event Hall The Historic Manhattan Casino provides the perfect venue for a variety of special events, with legendary musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Ray Charles, James Brown and Nat King Cole having also once performed at this venue.
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The Historic Manhattan Casino Event Hall St. Petersburg Fl
The Historic Manhattan Casino St. Petersburg Florida
The historic Manhattan Casino has been one St. Petersburg's premier event facilities for decades. The facility offers affordable elegance in the heart of St. Petersburg. The historic Manhattan Casino is ideal for your special event.Built in 1925, the Manhattan Casino is significant for its contribution to entertainment and the culture in the African American community for more than forty years.The Manhattan Casino is located along 22nd Street South in what was once a thriving 'main street' of the City's African American community.The Manhattan Casino was a showcase for local African American artists as well as a haven for traveling African American entertainers who would stop in St. Petersburg during their tours. Some of American music's most legendary performers played at the Manhattan including James Brown, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Cab Calloway, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Sarah Vaughn, Fats Domino and the Ink Spots.After the era of the big bands, the Manhattan Casino hosted dances featuring local artists; rock and roll and blues singers popular in the 1960's also performed at the Casino. Goldie Thompson, local minister and radio personality, booked religious programs at the Casino, as did Father Divine, a spiritualist. The venue closed its doors in 1968. The doors reopened in August 2013 and is now a multi-purpose event facility used for banquets, parties, family functions, meetings, wedding receptions, musical events and much more. The Historic Manhattan Casino is centrally located near the• Dr. Carter G. Woodson African-American Museum• Johnnie Ruth Clark Health Center• Pinellas County Job Corps• Tropicana Field