Sky-Vue Theatre
Plaza Square and Bates Street,
Batesville,
TX
78829
Plaza Square and Bates Street,
Batesville,
TX
78829
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Previous Names: Circle Theatre, Teatro Batesville
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Located in Zavala County. The Circle Theatre was opened in 1934. From around 1955 it operated as the Teatro Batesville screening Spanish language movies. It was closed in 1959 after operating as an airdome theatre. It became a garage.
It was still standing with marquee in place, but still with no roof, boarded up and abandoned for decades. It was demolished in July 2022 when a car crashed into the building.
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I drove by on October 29 and unfortunately can say this theater has been demolished. The rubble from the building is still on the plot actually
Trike’s previous comment is true, I was the final owner of this place until a car that was going too fast to navigate the circle by it did what weather couldn’t for 90 years and demolished it in July 2022. Any chance of getting this changed to the real name of Sky-Vue (with an E)? It was never known as New Theater for even a day. Most the bio is correct, it opened as the Circle Theater in 1934 by Gil Nelson and was a popular spot for local workers who stayed in town during the week. It definitely wasn’t always an air-dome and had a roof until the 2000s. Around 1955, it became Teatro Batesville until sold to Dudley White Sr. in 1960. Mr. White ran the only mechanic shop in town in there from 1960 until his retirement in 2005, using the Sky-Vue as a garage. Still very alive and enjoying his rest, Mr. White sold the half of his plot the theater was on to me in August 2021. You know the rest. RIP Sky-Vue.