ATP at the Victory
116 S. Second Street,
Rogers,
AR
72756
116 S. Second Street,
Rogers,
AR
72756
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The plaque marking the historic Victory Theatre, displayed on the official web site, says that it opened on December 5, 1927, but there is a house called the Victory Theatre listed at Rogers in the 1926 FDY, and there is also a reference to the house in the June 19, 1926 Motion Picture News. I suspect a predecessor theater. A house called the Victoria (a possible aka?) was in operation at Rogers at least as early as 1920, mentioned in the September 4 Moving Picture World.
By the way, the name is wrong. The APT performs at the Victory, but the name is still simply Victory. Here’s a better link, which includes some better history than the listing supplies. https://www.thevictorytheater.com/
The theater is owned by the city.
The information in the listing is obviously bogus. There were numerous theaters in NWA before 1927, and there were at least two in Rogers before this one. The theater is currently closed for repairs due to tornado damage, and the theater company is performing elsewhere for the time being.
Updated website link: http://arkansaspublictheatre.org/ Now known as Arkansas Public Theatre at the Victory.
Thanks.
A 1987 view of the Victory Theater building in Rogers.
This is the article that LM was referring to in his 4/2/06 post. You have to go to page 11 to read about the theater. There is a before picture when the theater was a flea market in the 1970s.
http://tinyurl.com/37cq9r