The Balinese Room was a famous nightclub in Galveston, Texas, United States built on a pier stretching 600 feet (183 m) from the Galveston Seawall over the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. For decades a dance hall and illegal casino, the Balinese Room was remodeled and reopened in 2001 without a casino. During the early morning hours of September 13, 2008, the structure was destroyed by Hurricane Ike.
Balinese Room in 2006 before its destruction by Hurricane Ike
The Balinese Room as it existed after reopening in 2001
Balinese Room on September 12, 2008, shortly before its destruction
Site of the Balinese Room in October 2008
Galveston is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of 211.31 square miles (547.3 km2), with a population of 53,695 at the 2020 census, is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county. It is also within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area at its southern end on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
Plan of the City of Galveston (c. 1845)
The Beach Hotel catered to vacationers until a fire in 1898.
Sunset Route, Seawall, Galveston, Texas (postcard, c. 1907)
Damage after Hurricane Carla, 1961
