Miami commissioners are expected to vote this week on whether to transfer ownership of the historic Olympia Theater and its ...

The Miami City Commission is scheduled to vote next week on a controversial proposal to turn over the city’s iconic 1926 ...

Public comment at the meeting was a farce. Questions were screened, answers vague and the presentation bloated with ...

Renovation costs for both the theater and the adjoining building are estimated at more than $50 million. Douglas Rodriguez, ...

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By Carla Mendez In Miami, residents are pushing back against a proposal to hand over the historic Olympia Theatre to the ...

A proposal to repurpose Miami's Olympia Theater for education by SLAM and charter schools awaits a City Commission vote.

The historic Olympia Theater, a landmark once graced by legends like Ella Fitzgerald, Elvis Presley and Luciano Pavarotti, is ...

The City of Miami is considering selling the historic Olympia theater to Sports Leadership and Management, or SLAM, a charter school founded by Grammy-winning international performer Pitbull.

Miami’s latest “solution” to the riddle of its historic but inactive Olympia Theater downtown is, unfortunately, no firmer ...

City Manager Arthur Noriega speaks about an item addressing what to do with the city-owned Olympia Theater during a Miami City Commission meeting on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at Miami City Hall.

Olympia's history pretty much mirrors Miami's boom-and-bust cycle. In 1975, businessman and philanthropist Maurice Gusman saved the theater from demolition and donated it to the City of Miami.