Broadway Theatre
117 N. Broadway,
Fargo,
ND
58102
117 N. Broadway,
Fargo,
ND
58102
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The Roxy Theatre opened on March 7, 1932 with Sally Eilers in “Bad Girl”. It had seating listed at 300. I could not find the owner/operator of this theatre. It became the Broadway Theatre on October 30, 1968. It was renamed Dakota Theatre on December 24, 1981, but closed on January 19, 1982. It reopened as the Broadway Theatre on January 29, 1982.
Closed as an adult theatre on February 27, 1986 when a City Ordinance was broken on the screening of pornography. It has since been converted to a restaurant.
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The Roxy was opened in 1932 by brothers Francis and H.C. Aamoth. A third brother, Gordon Aamoth, was later associated with them. The Aamoth brothers also operated the Park Theatre in Fargo from at least the late 1930s until about 1953. They operated the Towne Theatre during the 1950s and into 1962.
According to an item in Boxoffice of September 27, 1965, the Roxy was leased to independent operator Willis Menge from about 1955 until 1965, when Menge sold the operation to the Dakota circuit, headed by Ernest Peaslee (or Peasley— Boxoffice uses both spellings), who had acquired the Towne from the Aamoth brothers in 1962. The Roxy had been Fargo’s last independently-operated theater.
The Broadway Theatre was sold to Delaware-based Windsor Theatres in 1973, along with the Towne, as reported in Boxoffice of April 30 that year.
remember that in the ‘60s, it was the smallest theater in town and probably the least luxurious.
Grand opening ad:
The Broadway Theatre was renamed the Dakota Theatre on December 24, 1981, but closed on January 19, 1982, due to an unsuccessful discount policy. It reopened as the Broadway Theatre on January 29, 1982, and eventually closed again on February 27, 1986, after being prohibited from showing adult films.
The Roxy theatre was renamed Broadway on October 30th, 1968 and started its adult policy on June 2nd, 1971. Ads posted.