Palladium (St. Louis)

The Palladium is a disused and endangered historic building in the Grand Center arts district of St. Louis, Missouri.

[2] The building opened in 1914 as the Palladium Roller Skating Rink, although from its early days it also served as a ballroom.

[2][3] Performers included Jimmie Lunceford,[2] Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, the Mills Brothers,[1] the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, the Noble Sissle Orchestra, the Ink Spots, and Billy Eckstine’s band with musicians Charlie Parker, Lucky Thompson, Art Blakey and musical director Dizzy Gillespie and vocalists Billie Holiday and Sarah Vaughan.

[3] Business boomed during World War II; the club installed air conditioning and offered shows at 11:00 pm, 1:00 am, and 3:00 am.

[1] The John Cochran Veteran's Administration Hospital,[5] which is looking to expand,[4] was in talks in the mid 2010s with the owners to purchase and raze the building.