The Strand operated into the late 1990s I remember going on a date there as a teenager… there WERE movie theater seats.. never saw carpet and pillows, which would be a dumb idea anyway.
Donald the tile seems to be original from other pictures I have seen. Also the image at the top of the page is from 1954.
One main issue you will run into if you can re-open is the California regulations regarding parking for theaters. Since the State Theater has not been in continuous operation from before the regs it would need to comply just as if it was new construction. (Yuba city had this same problem when they someone was trying to revamp the Sutter Theater. You need off street parking, “one (1) space for each three (3)
fixed seats, plus one (1) space for each twenty-eight (28) square feet of
assembly area.”
So some were around 570 regular Parking Spaces and then another 12 Handicapped Parking Spaces. Unless you are planning to purchase an adjacent property for the sole purpose of building a parking structure… there just isn’t enough room.
The Strand operated into the late 1990s I remember going on a date there as a teenager… there WERE movie theater seats.. never saw carpet and pillows, which would be a dumb idea anyway.
Donald the tile seems to be original from other pictures I have seen. Also the image at the top of the page is from 1954.
One main issue you will run into if you can re-open is the California regulations regarding parking for theaters. Since the State Theater has not been in continuous operation from before the regs it would need to comply just as if it was new construction. (Yuba city had this same problem when they someone was trying to revamp the Sutter Theater. You need off street parking, “one (1) space for each three (3) fixed seats, plus one (1) space for each twenty-eight (28) square feet of assembly area.”
So some were around 570 regular Parking Spaces and then another 12 Handicapped Parking Spaces. Unless you are planning to purchase an adjacent property for the sole purpose of building a parking structure… there just isn’t enough room.
Good Luck