Broadway Theatre
1116 Broadway Street,
Lubbock,
TX
79401
1116 Broadway Street,
Lubbock,
TX
79401
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The Broadway Theatre was located on Broadway Street at Avenue J. It was operated by Lubbock Threatres, Inc. The Broadway Theatre opened October 5, 1933, and from what I can find it closed its doors in 1955.
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Chuck Van Bibber
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In this photo you can see the marquee of the Broadway. This is a digital photo of a very large wall-sized photo of downtown Lubbock found in the Museum of Texas Tech.
Many Lubbock theaters shown. El Capitan; Plaza; Clifton; Lindsey; Cactus; Westerner Drive-In; Corral; Broadway; Midway; Plains Drive-In; Arnett-Benson; Arcadia.
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Search theatre and drive-in and there are other arial shots of other drive-ins, etc.
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A good shot of the Broadway Theater is here:
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The Broadway was converted to two department stores after it closed—Skibell’s of Lubbock and S & Q Clothiers, both upscale stores that were open for many years. They’re gone now, however, but the building remains.
October 5th, 1933 grand opening ad in photo section
The theater at 1116 Broadway Street was originally to have been called the Ritz, according to an article in the August 13, 1933 issue of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Remodeling of the existing building, with plans by architect S. B. Haynes (Sylvan Blum Haynes), would get underway within a few days and the project was expected to take about thirty days to completion.