<Tr> <Th> Architect </Th> <Td> Walter Webber and Sumner Spaulding </Td> </Tr> <P> The Catalina Casino is located in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of Los Angeles in California . It is the most visible landmark in Avalon Bay, and when approaching it from the mainland . </P> <P> The large building contains a movie theatre, ballroom, and formerly an island art and history museum . The Catalina Casino gets its name from the Italian language term casino, meaning a "gathering place". There is no gambling at the facility . </P> <P> The Catalina Casino was built on a site formerly known as Sugarloaf Point . The site was graded for the planned construction of the Hotel St. Catherine . However, it was eventually built in Descanso Canyon instead . When chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. bought the controlling stake in Catalina Island in 1919, he used this cleared site to build a dance hall he named Sugarloaf Casino . It served as a ballroom and Avalon's first high school, until it became too small for Avalon's growing population . In 1928, the Sugarloaf was razed to make room for a newer casino building . Sugarloaf Rock was further blasted away to enhance the Casino's ocean view . </P>

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