![]() There are stylish touches all around, from a brass flapper girl image embellished on a staircase to ornate rotary phones found on marble tables. The 8,600-square-foot space could fit up to 800 people in normal times, but it currently has capped attendance at 300 to give people room to spread out. Ĭhadwick will only say he spent “way more” than $1 million fixing up the venue, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. He paid $2.1 million for the State Theatre back in 2018 and committed to spending at least $1 million to restore it.Īn antique-style popcorn machine is seen backstage at the newly renovated Floridian Social Club in St. And the artists who have been playing since the club opened in February have carried on the tradition, signing a Floridian Social Club wall with paint markers.Ĭhadwick is co-founder of KW Commercial Tampa Bay and 10 Keller Williams real estate franchises around Tampa Bay. The stage redesign exposes the brick wall so the audience can see the signatures and messages. Uncovered in the renovation is a brick wall backstage that was signed by artists over the years, including Jon Bon Jovi and Pink. Since there are few national artists touring right now, the club has provided a stage for local acts such as the Black Honkeys, guitarist Shaun Hopper and Robin Taylor Zander, son of Cheap Trick frontman Robin Zander. A graffiti wall that has signatures and messages from artists who have performed there over the years can now be seen by the audience in the newly renovated Floridian Social Club, formerly the State Theatre, in St. ![]()
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