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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 00:34:00

St. Louis kept one grand ballroom alive from the big-band age, and it still has the best dance floor in the Midwest. The Casa Loma Ballroom at 3354 Iowa Avenue, at the corner of Cherokee Street and Iowa in the Benton Park West neighbourhood of south St. Louis, opened on 7 September 1927 as the Cinderella Ballroom, built by the Freund brothers - Harry and Eugene - who had operated the Cinderella Airdome outdoor theatre on the same corner since 1921. Architects Wedemeyer and Nelson gave the origin...