St Pete Cancha Closed till Next Thursday
St Pete Cancha Closed till Next Thursday
St. Petersburg, FLA: January 16, 2026: America’s first and only public jai-alai cancha will be absolutely closed till further notice – at least till next Thursday, January the 22nd.
As reported to the Pelota Press by one of our contractors, Eric Lanctot, excellent progress was made on the front wall today and yesterday, but more concrete and masonry work will need to be done on Monday with pressure washing, caulking, and painting behind that. There appears to be a lot of work still to be done in the seriously bad area on the side wall, where big hunks of the wall vertically are missing. This is listed as a transition crack, and some work has been done on it today.
All the cells on the front wall were being filled in this afternoon. They can be noted on the home page of this site and shown first here in the photos.
Contractor Scott King is scheduled to do a sign off inspection on Thursday if all goes as planned.
