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[[Willmer Mitchell]], Snow's lawyer and partner, recounted that "Snow's Dixieland band was gaining a good bit of attention, as was his idea of opening a 'beer and peanuts' saloon in what was then an almost derelict area of Pensacola."<ref name="birthday">"Happy Birthday ROSIE!" ''Pensacola News Journal'', August 10, 2007.</ref> Mitchell helped Snow get the [[Citizens & Peoples Bank]] loan that enabled him to open the nightclub. The first performance was by banjoist Tutti Lockhart playing "Dear One, the World is Waiting for the Sunrise." Snow later joined in to play "The South Rampart Street Parade."<ref name="birthday"/>
In [[19881972]], Snow began a similar venture in Orlando called [[Wikipedia:Church Street Station (Orlando)|Church Street Station]], which benefitted greatly from that area's tourism boom. His attentions divided, Snow sold Seville Quarter in [[1984]] to a group of investors who later defaulted on their payments. Despite doing $4 million in business for the business was purchased by Mitchellyear, who operates the complex with his wife and childrenwas forced to close.
Snow bought it back in [[1986]], but remained too occupied by Church Street Station and other projects to run the smaller business, so it remained boarded up. He said while seeking a buyer, "The terms are very negotiable … I'm anxious to dump it."<ref>"Snow sets $3.5 million price for Seville Quarter." ''Nation's Restaurant News'', February 22, 1988.</ref>
It was finally purchased by Willmer Mitchell in [[1988]], who now runs the business with his wife and children.
==Rooms==
[[Image:SevilleQuarter1.jpg|thumb|left|Seville Quarter]]
