St. Petersburg Pier
East end of St. Petersburg Pier in 2025 | |
| Type | Pleasure pier |
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| Spans | Tampa Bay |
| Locale | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Official name | St. Pete Pier |
| Owner | St. Petersburg |
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| Opening date | July 6, 2020 |
| Coordinates | 27°46′24″N 82°37′19″W / 27.77333°N 82.62194°W |
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The St. Petersburg Pier, officially known as the St. Pete Pier, is a landmark pleasure pier extending into Tampa Bay from downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, United States.
Several structures have successively occupied the site, most recently, the third owned by the city, a five-story inverted pyramid-shaped building designed by St. Petersburg architect William B. Harvard, Sr. That Inverted Pyramid Pier was closed in 2013, and the new 26-acre Pier District opened on July 6, 2020. The $92 million project includes five restaurants, a playground, an environmental education center, and numerous artworks including work by Xenobia Bailey, Nathan Mabry, Nick Ervinck, and a large sculpture entitled Bending Arc by Janet Echelman. Its opening was scheduled for May 30, 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida.