Edhat Staff
(Photo: Santa Barbara Night Market)
By edhat staff
The holiday-themed Santa Barbara Night Market inside the former downtown Macy’s building has been cancelled.
Organizer Glen Broomberg planned for a bigger shopping experience with 300 vendors and a second story ice skating rink but apparently had a conflict with Paseo Nuevo management over the lease and structural plan, reports KEYT.
An estimated 250,000 people visited the Night Market last year.
“Unfortunately, the Night Market owner’s timeline was not in compliance with a feasible and executable plan for the 2019 holiday season,” said Pacific Retailers spokesperson Mary Lynn Harms-Romo to KEYT.
The vendors will reportedly receive a refund on their rental fee.
Grand opening footage from 2018 (Photo: Santa Barbara Night Market)
Found the video amusing. Young girls in short outfits. Why no boys?
its a collection of odds and ends that rarely anyone wants….i walk through it every weekend on my way to the farmers market.
Sold $6 million dollars worth of things “no one wanted” last year according to the N-P.
Paseo Nuevo Management has serious issues. They were given a HUGE cash incentive from our taxes in town, to set up shop there. The anchor stores reaped in the rewards from our taxes. Macy’s, Nordstroms, Gap are the big 3. Well now that they ran Macy’s out. We have a massive hole that won’t ever be filled with what it should. It’ll end up being apartments that the 1% can afford. If even that. The mall has been in bad hands for over a decade. The amount of money made and the amount of foot traffic the night mall brought last year nearly revitalized the downtown holiday shopping, all on it’s own. The eclectic group of vendors had amazing items for sale, and the vendors changed a few times, bringing in new product and new vendors. Very sad….actually pathetic that Paseo Nuevo Management screwed this up. Something needs to be done. At this point…i just miss the ol’ Picadily Square 🙂
La Cumbre Plaza should step up and be a hub for us locals. Free parking, nice layout and plenty of space for fun.
Vulgar and cheap.
Most all of that stuff is cheap, tacky junk.
Factotum, you’re stating that the makers market sold 6 million worth of product last year? or the night mall? if you are claiming the makers market is pulling in that sort of money, you’re highly mistaken. 🙂
i have a friend who sells her jewlery there. she and her co-sellers can verify there is not much being made there. it’s crap mostly. lower quality than whats sold Sundays at the beach and even lower than what the night mall had.
Stop shopping downtown. It keeps land prices inflated and signals that we want LESS parking.
Glen, are you looking around for another place to hold this marketplace? Someone mentioned La Cumbre, which if they are amendable would be great.
APHRODITE. I think you meant to type “amenable.”
Very disappointing!! SB has really taken the joy out of community.
Once again…. SB is a big ol’ stinky bummer. Boooooo! Bah, humbug!
Landlord and property manager have a right to ensure this ice rink on the second floor would be safe and sound. Surely you can’t ask for less after our recent harbor tragedy. Sounds like they took on too much this year, rather than simply building on the prior success of the ground floor model. Nice to try something new and welcome, but before the premits were obtained they got ahead of themselves promising this extra value to the vendors. Risk was taken, and it failed this year. Maybe they can still work something out. Hate to see this lose momentum and kudos to the market owner for trying to make it even more special. Just don’t get ahead of yourself next time.
The Makers Mart in the courtyard will still be happening every weekend with lots of amazing vendors.
Paseo Nuevo Management issues. Not a City problem.
“SB has really taken the joy out of the community” – how? SB had nothing to do with it.
It seems every news story on downtown brings out the commenters freaking out about downtown parking. I don’t get it. I have literally never been unable to find a parking spot downtown. I shop the farmers markets, go downtown on the weekends, and at Christmas and even – drumroll – Fiesta! God forbid anyone have to walk a block. The people in this town are seriously out of touch. Get a grip.
If you want to see a very successful downtown with almost zero parking go to Carmel some weekend.
@8:50 lol! so true…people whine if they have to do anything other than teleport to an event. i live downtown and can say there is a LOT of parking downtown, free and paid. You want closer? You pay. you want free? you walk 2 or 3 blocks.
Eric L, i was refering to the makers market in the mornings in the mall. the night market was awesome. totally agree.
841, its in the thread below. it’s the market in the mall saturday mornings. a few random vendors selling junk jewlery, preserves and knitted baby hats and some leather wallets and items.
I miss the square! got my ears pierced there (i think most of us did). loved the old arcade downstairs too
I used to buy parts for my ’68 Chevy pick-up at L.N. Dietrich, buy pet food at the Pet House, great stationary at Banks and enjoy a burger and shake at Woolworths, all without crossing State St!
Doug (on the Mesa) used to actually make telescopes. I bought his old metal lathe and hauled it down to Uruguay when we moved.
Best comment on the thread. Santa Barbara is a shell of what it used to be. And it’s never been very family-friendly. This is just the latest in a long string of nails in the coffin of downtown and State st. It’s OVER, folks…. DEAD.
This could be our next West Side Homeless shelter.