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
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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.

Originally scheduled to debut in March and then again at the end of May — after a more than two-year design and construction process — the St. Pete Pier, as it is known, is now scheduled to open to the public at 5 p.m. on July 6.