Colorado Springs Opera House

The Opera House is listed under Colorado Springs in the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide. S.N. Nye was Mgr. 870 seats. Tickets 50 cents to $1.50. The theater had both gas and electric illumination and was on the first floor. The proscenium opening was 24 feet wide X 18 feet high, and the stage was 45 feet deep. There were 7 members of the house orchestra. Hotels for show folk were the Antlers, Alamo, Elk and Spalding. The 1897 population was 15,000.