{"id":29,"date":"2015-09-14T01:16:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T01:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/elcasino\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2023-11-29T20:02:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T03:02:41","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.elcasinoballroom.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #292727;\">When it opened in 1947, the El Casino Ballroom hosted family milestones as well as touring musical acts, including traditional Hispanic musicians such as Tito Puente and other world-renowned performers like James Brown and Fats Domino. The ballroom continued filling its 1,200-person capacity until 1991, when a windstorm blew off the roof. The wood floor, once the largest spring-mounted floor in Southern Arizona, was almost destroyed by the summer monsoon.\u00a0 Fortunately, thanks to the dedicated efforts of many, the El Casino Ballroom re-opened in 2000, and has been the destination for weddings, quincea\u00f1eras, and other special events ever since.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For reservations, or additional information, contact Fred Martinez <span style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"color: #292727;\">at (520) 940-0973, Monday &#8211; Friday, 10:00 am &#8211; 5:00 pm .<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danielbuckleyarts.com\/home\/bios\/daniel-buckley-documentary-maker\/cine-plaza-at-the-fox\/el-casino-ballroom-documentary\/\">\u201cTucson\u2019s Heart and Soul: El Casino Ballroom\u201d<\/a> &#8211; A documentary on the historic El Casino Ballroom by Dan Buckley.&nbsp; The film premiered at the 2012 edition of the Cine Plaza at the Fox series.&nbsp; In 2013, it was also chosen to be screened as part of the Arizona International Film Festival.<br><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copies of the film can be purchased at the El Casino Ballroom for $20.&nbsp; $5 of each copy sold at El casino Ballroom goes towards restoration efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it opened in 1947, the El Casino Ballroom hosted family milestones as well as touring musical acts, including traditional Hispanic musicians such as Tito Puente and other world-renowned performers like James Brown and Fats Domino. The ballroom continued filling its 1,200-person capacity until 1991, when a windstorm blew off the roof. The wood floor, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.elcasinoballroom.com\/\">Continue reading <i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.elcasinoballroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.elcasinoballroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.elcasinoballroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.elcasinoballroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.elcasinoballroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"http:\/\/www.elcasinoballroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1039,"href":"http:\/\/www.elcasinoballroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/1039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.elcasinoballroom.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}