The Bloomington Drive-In Originally Had A Capacity Of 1,000 Cars Since Its Construction. The Theater Had A Huge Amount Of Headlines Since Its Opening Around The Week Of August 26, 1947. Bloom’s First Drive-In Was Not Just A Drive-In Theater, But It Also Housed As A Drive-In Church For Most Of Its Life As Well.
It Was Closed In September 1975, And Was Demolished Afterwards To Make Way For A Garage.
The Pope Theatre was formerly occupied by the Elks Club, and was know as the Shain building. The building itself is built with stone, brick, and cement, two stories in height, and 52x130 in dimensions with a dark grey face brick and light, dressed stone exterior. The first floor’s main entrance and lobby were 16x32 floored with hexagon tile. One side of the main entrance were the restrooms, and the other side has the box office. On either side of the main entrance fronting the street is the 18x32 store room, which has been used for rent to desirable tenants. The floor itself has rise by a short flight of stairs, to the entrance to the theatre proper, which is the rear of the parquet or dress circle. Leading to both left and right will be stairways leading to the balcony. Which as of 1912, contains a circular form with regulation inclined floor. Construction began on November 17, 1912 after its ground broke.
The Elite Was Once Severely Damaged By A Fire On August 19, 1945, But Was Rebuilt Reopening Later That September.
Opened On December 12, 1986.
It may have demolished in the 1990s.
A Petco was on its site, and has been like that since sometime in the mid-2000s.
Opened In December 1995.
The Bloomington Drive-In Originally Had A Capacity Of 1,000 Cars Since Its Construction. The Theater Had A Huge Amount Of Headlines Since Its Opening Around The Week Of August 26, 1947. Bloom’s First Drive-In Was Not Just A Drive-In Theater, But It Also Housed As A Drive-In Church For Most Of Its Life As Well.
It Was Closed In September 1975, And Was Demolished Afterwards To Make Way For A Garage.
Actually, According To The Minneapolis Star Tribune, It Was First Known As Simply “Chaska Cinema”, Opening In October 1994.
Opened In Mid-1990.
It would later be operated by Cinemaland Theatres in the 1980s.
It Actually Opened On January 16, 1998.
Not Sure If Its Correct, But Opened On May 7, 1965.
Closed On October 26th, 1997.
Closed in February 1998.
Yep, It Changed Its Name To The “Rapids Cinema” In Early 1976.
On Valentines Day 1952, The El Tovar Theatre Became As The Lake Theatre After Remodeling Since January 24, 1952.
The $20,000 Thompson Theatre (or the Thompson Brothers Theatre) opened its doors on May 7, 1925 with “The Great Divide”.
Opened On October 31, 1941 With Don Ameche In “The Feminine Touch” (Not Known If Short Subjects Were Included).
Opened On July 25, 1908.
The Dream Theatre actually opened on October 16, 1947 with Jimmie Wakely in “West Of The Alamo”, along with a Bob Wills short, and a serial.
The Pope Theatre was formerly occupied by the Elks Club, and was know as the Shain building. The building itself is built with stone, brick, and cement, two stories in height, and 52x130 in dimensions with a dark grey face brick and light, dressed stone exterior. The first floor’s main entrance and lobby were 16x32 floored with hexagon tile. One side of the main entrance were the restrooms, and the other side has the box office. On either side of the main entrance fronting the street is the 18x32 store room, which has been used for rent to desirable tenants. The floor itself has rise by a short flight of stairs, to the entrance to the theatre proper, which is the rear of the parquet or dress circle. Leading to both left and right will be stairways leading to the balcony. Which as of 1912, contains a circular form with regulation inclined floor. Construction began on November 17, 1912 after its ground broke.
Yep, it received damage from the record-breaking 227 mile continuous path tornado, which was actually part of a Tornado Emergency.
Yep. I hope someone can pull out the tornado path soon to see if it did hit the Princess or not.
Did the Princess Theater survived last night’s deadly tornado outbreak?
So the Aqua was closed sometime in either 1971 or 1972. This was first known as the Isle Theatre sometime as early as 1927.
WMQA is now known as “95.9 The Island”, an adult contemporary formatted station since June 14, 2021.