After coronavirus delays, city debuts new pier

Delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, the revamped St. Petersburg downtown pier’s premier will anchor a 26-acre tourist and retail attraction.

  • By Kevin McQuaid
  • | 6:00 a.m. July 3, 2020
COURTESY RENDERING -- The revamped St. Pete Pier will debut on July 6, after a $76 million to the 26-acre downtown property.
COURTESY RENDERING -- The revamped St. Pete Pier will debut on July 6, after a $76 million to the 26-acre downtown property.
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Of all the delays and postponements caused by the COVID-19 pandemic along the Gulf Coast this year, few have been as emotionally wrenching as the one that pushed back the re-opening of St. Petersburg’s Municipal Pier.

 

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