Gem Theatre
130 Main Street,
Pioche,
NV
89043
130 Main Street,
Pioche,
NV
89043
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Located on Highway 93, this one time boom town for mining had a population of 27,000 in the late 1920’s. Today’s population has dwindled to about 900 according to the folks at the local gas station.
The Gem Theatre has survived all of these years. It’s a wooden structure just off the main street(business 93). This is quite an interesting town if you are into old ghost/mining areas! It was opened by 1936 with 300-seats.
Sadly, the Gem Theatre was closed in 2002, it was an independently operated, second-run movie theatre. In May 2020 it was purchased by a new owner with plans to restore and reopen.
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Mark Gulbrandsen
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This is an interesting picture of the marquee damaged by a storm
http://community.webshots.com/photo/82110985bJHtCk
The sister theatre of the GEM is the GlOBE in Globe, Arizona. They were built by the same person.
The Gem has been closed for over 4 years, due to a bad wind storm. The 2 brothers who own it, can’t decide on when or why to reopen it! We’re stuck here with out any theater.. Nice..NOT
Here is another photo from 2008 or thereabouts:
http://tinyurl.com/y8n85qw
The Gem theatre was a Hawk Circuit theatre with home office in Salt Lake City,Utah.
Any pictures of the interior? I would like to see inside the projection room.