$376M Longboat resort reflects on first year of success, storms

The St. Regis Longboat Key Resort and Residences has made an outsized impact on Longboat Key and beyond.

  • By Eric Garwood
  • | 5:00 a.m. July 23, 2025
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The Sutton family hand feeds the cownose rays at the St. Regis Longboat Key Resort's Under the Sea Lagoon.
The Sutton family hand feeds the cownose rays at the St. Regis Longboat Key Resort's Under the Sea Lagoon.
Photo by Dana Kampa
  • Manatee-Sarasota
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In reality, it’s a hard-and-fast fact when the largest resort on Longboat Key opened to the public.

Aug. 16, 2024. Right there on the calendar.

 

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