The Constanța Casino was designed by Daniel Renard in Art Nouveau style. Petre Antonescu briefly replaced him with a Neo-Romanian plan, but Renard was reinstated. The City of Constanța was the client, and City Hall now owns the building. The current building was inaugurated on August 15, 1910 and cost 1.3 million lei excluding furniture.
The infobox lists demolitions in 1892 and 1907, but the text mentions only the 1892 demolition approval. The earlier casinos of 1880 and 1893 had wooden frames, and the article does not name the main materials of the current building. Metalwork came from Bucharest firms. It gives no dimensions.
Bombing in both world wars damaged it, and it served as a hospital and German accommodation. It became a community center in 1948 and a restaurant in 1960. It closed in 1990, was restored from 2020 to 2025 and reopened to visitors on May 21, 2025. The article gives no hours.
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