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Today’s edition · Fri., Nov. 13

Jannus Live's downtown building is up for sale at $11.5 million

Plus, a Scientology affiliate agrees to buy WFTT-TV and Kojo soft opens at Central Park today.

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The downtown building that houses Jannus Live is up for sale at $11.5 million

Jannus Live's building is listed at $11.5 million

$11.5 million
asking price for the building
10,500 sq. ft.
in two stories
1984
when the venue began as Jannus Landing
2,000
people the courtyard holds today

Sources: WiLD 94.1, St Pete Catalyst

If you've seen a show in the courtyard, the building around it is now up for sale. The Jannus Landing Retail Building LLC listed the two-story property at 200 First Ave. N. for $11.5 million. WiLD 94.1 says it's been home to the venue since 1984, back when it was Jannus Landing.

The listing's "plans" would move Jannus Live to the roof as a rooftop bar and music venue with a projected capacity of 500 to 800. The standing-room courtyard holds up to 2,000 today, and the listing doesn't say what happens to the ground-level concert space.

Jannus Live's projected rooftop capacity is well under the courtyard's 2,000

Sources: WiLD 94.1, St Pete Catalyst

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Value
Courtyard today2,000
Rooftop plan, low500
Rooftop plan, high800
  • Second floor: dueling piano bar, comedy club, Sunday "Gospel Brunch"
  • Staying: the Landing Balcony Bar and Pelican Pub
  • Also planned: a chef-led food program

It's not known whether any of this is already underway or merely possible. Megan Barnes, the registered agent who also manages Knight Global Entertainment, the venue's owner since 2010, and Knight's representatives didn't immediately return the Catalyst's calls.

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A Scientology affiliate has agreed to buy Tampa Bay's WFTT-TV for $30 million

If you watch channel 62, the station could soon have a new owner. An affiliate of the Church of Scientology has agreed to buy WFTT-TV for $30 million, pending Federal Communications Commission approval. Entravision Communications Corporation signed with Sunset Boulevard Broadcasting Corporation, a California nonprofit, on Nov. 3, according to a company update.

$30 millioncash price for WFTT-TV

Sunset Boulevard Broadcasting would pay it, and the sale needs FCC approval.

Sources: TBBW, The Globe and Mail

WFTT is licensed to Venice and serves the Tampa-St. Petersburg market. It has aired the Scientology Network since Christmas Day 2022, and the sale is expected to close by early 2027.

  • Deposit: $1.5 million in escrow
  • If unfinished after Dec. 31: $125,000 a month to Entravision
  • Entravision's temporary operations support: ends by March 31, 2027

The WFTT sale is expected to close by early 2027

  1. Dec. 2022WFTT begins airing the Scientology Network.
  2. Nov. 3Entravision and Sunset Boulevard Broadcasting sign the sale agreement.
  3. Dec. 31If the sale is unfinished, the church will pay $125,000 a month from Jan. 1.
  4. Early 2027The sale is expected to close, pending FCC approval.
  5. March 2027Entravision's temporary operations support must end.

Source: TBBW

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Kojo

If you've been waiting on Kojo, it soft opens Friday, Nov. 13, at 5 p.m. on the third floor of , 551 Central Ave. Reservations are on Resy, and the dining room and kitchen counter seat about 115. After this weekend it's open Wednesday through Sunday from 5 to 10 p.m., and the full-service restaurant follows its Sarasota original. St Pete RisingI Love the BurgCreative Loafing Tampa

Openings and runs to know in and around St. Pete

WhatWhenWhere
Kojo soft openingFri., Nov. 13, 5 p.m.Central Park, 551 Central Ave.
The Moon Under Water reopeningMon., Nov. 16, 5 p.m.2832 Beach Blvd. S., Gulfport
The AnnikaNov. 11-15Pelican Golf Club, Belleair
Dalí: Disruption + DevotionThrough April 18Dalí Museum

Sources: St Pete Rising, I Love the Burg, Creative Loafing Tampa, St. Petersburg Patch, St Pete Catalyst, Beacon Media, WUSF

Moon Under Water

If you miss The Moon Under Water, it reopens Mon., Nov. 16, at 5 p.m. at 2832 Beach Blvd. S. in Gulfport, in the space formerly occupied by The Drunken Taco. The restaurant spent more than two decades in St. Petersburg before closing. St. Petersburg PatchSt Pete Catalyst

Dalí

If you like your surrealism with some history, Dalí: Disruption + Devotion at the Dalí Museum runs through April 18. It's co-organized with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and sets Dalí's work beside El Greco and Diego Velázquez, among others. Jennifer Cohen, director of curatorial affairs at the Dalí Museum, says Dalí was "an extraordinary rebel when it came to the art of the past". WUSFWMNF

Annika

Nelly Korda opened The Annika with a bogey-free 63 and sits fourth, two shots off the lead, at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair. A win would be her fourth Annika title. The tournament runs Nov. 11-15 for a $3.25 million purse, and Korda would be the first player to win an LPGA Tour event four times since Annika Sorenstam in 2005. Tampa Bay TimesWFLABeacon Media

Rays

The Rays' Erik Neander was named MLB Executive of the Year for the second time. The president of baseball operations built a team that reached the 2026 World Series. WTSP

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  4. Mon., Nov. 9Booker Creek Arts Festival brings 127 works to the EDGE District
  5. Sun., Nov. 8The Rays' World Series run brought an estimated $40 million to Pinellas
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Jannus Live's downtown building is up for sale at $11.5 million

Plus, a Scientology affiliate agrees to buy WFTT-TV and Kojo soft opens at Central Park today.

The TLDR

  1. Jannus Live's building is listed for $11.5 million
  2. A Scientology affiliate agrees to buy WFTT-TV for $30 million
  3. Kojo soft opens at Central Park today at 5 p.m.
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