Sans Souci Cabaret
| Sans Souci Cabaret | |
|---|---|
Sans Souci | |
| General information | |
| Type | Commercial |
| Location | Arroyo Arenas |
| Address | km 15, Avenida 51, Arroyo Arenas |
| Town or city | Ciudad de La Habana |
| Country | Cuba |
| Coordinates | 23°03′32″N 82°27′24″W / 23.058797°N 82.45669°W |
| Closed | 1959 |
| Client | Gabriel "Kelly" Mannarino, Santo Trafficante Jr. |
The Sans Souci was a nightclub within a natural environment and located seven miles outside of Havana. It had a restaurant and floor shows nightly that attracted a great number of tourists. Its greatest profits came from an amusement arcade operating in a small room next door to the Sans Souci that was not advertised since there was no official license for its exploitation.
The 1956 the Cabaret Yearbook describes the venue as "Usually run by Americans, Sans Souci Cabaret is located in a Spanish-type villa. Stage, dance floor and tables are under the moonlight. Shows, like at the other Big Three nightclubs, are production numbers with name acts. Good-looking U.S. showgirls are an added attraction. Sans Souci, as well as Tropicana and Montmartre, has a gambling room with roulette, craps and chemin de fer, etc. Located even further out than Tropicana, Sans Souci usually opens only for the winter season."