Its elegant design, blending Mediterranean Revival and Art Deco elements, gives the building a lightness that belies its massive construction. Spaulding brought Wrigley's vision to life in a circular, cantilevered structure of steel and reinforced concrete. Wrigley, Wrigley had envisioned a large, Moorish building featuring a ballroom placed over a theatre. The culmination of a ten-year building program by William Wrigley, Jr., the Casino cost $2 million to construct and was hailed as 'a monument to the effort of to give Catalina the finest and best the world's artisans have to offer.'īased on a suggestion by his son, Philip K. The Catalina Casino has been an icon of Catalina Island since it opened in 1929.
