According to Bungalower, Victoria Nelli, former owner of downtown Orlando’s B. Nice Bar, has just acquired Team Market Group’s antique lamp bar concept, Ann Teague’s. Nelli informed Bungalower that the bar will continue as Ann Teague’s for the time being but will transition to The Arena, a new concept
“The concept has layers based on my grandparents,” Victoria Nelli said in a statement provided to Bungalower.
“My grandfather was a boxing promoter and is in the Boxing Hall of Fame, and my grandmother was a vaudeville dancer. They were both orphans by the age of 15. When they met, my grandfather worked in a diner. He later owned Norm’s Arena Diner and had some other entrepreneurial ventures that led them to a life they never imagined.”
“I’m really proud of their story, so The Arena will incorporate a vaudeville feel with a mix of pop culture and sports history nods on one side of the bar. The other side of the bar will transition to a shiny disco, Andy Warhol’s Factory, kind of energy. One window will have a boxing ring stage, and the other will have audio and podcast equipment.”
As the conversion from Ann Teague’s to The Arena will be gradual, there is no specific opening date as of yet.
