Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Aug. 10—It sounds like intermission may soon be over for a long-closed Rochester movie theater. Like most movie theaters, the screens at CMX Chateau at 3450 East Circle Drive NE went dark early ...
The Chateau Theatre was one of Rochester's first air-conditioned buildings, presenting plays, concerts, operas, silent and later talking movies, and vaudeville. In 1940, 25 cents' admission provided audiences three acts of music/magic/juggling, newsreels, comedy, and a main show.
This chain was started in 1970 by Marvin Mann, [1] Ted Mann's brother, through the purchase of Highland and Grandview theaters in St. Paul. [2] Following Marvin Mann's death in 1994, his sons Benjie and Stephen took over the business. [3] Stephen Mann's daughter Michelle later became a co-owner. [4]
Petrie, Carolyn (October 19, 1997). "Long Live the Theater: Here's how the strong survived. More than a dozen professional-level theaters here are 20 years old. What has kept them going? Passion, conviction, ingenuity, openness, and a sense of their place in the big picture". Star Tribune. p. 1F, 3F.
The abandoned Chateau theater in Irving, Texas.. The Chateau Theater (not to be confused with Minnesota's more historic Chateau Theatre) opened in 1964 as part of a chain of premium, dollar, and drive-in theaters that stretched across North Texas and Oklahoma, owned and operated by entrepreneur, cameo star of 1980s slasher film Honeymoon Horror and (alleged) former Golden Gloves boxer Jerry ...
It consists of a ballroom (40,000 sq. ft.) used for conferences and galas, an arena (5,200 seats) used for concerts, wrestling, and basketball, an auditorium (3,000 seats) used for concerts, performing arts, and sporting events, an exhibit hall for consumer shows and a theatre for the arts (1,084 fixed seat theatre).
Rochester is the second windiest city in the United States, with wind speeds averaging 12.6 mph (20.3 km/h). [18] January to April are the windiest months on average, according to The Weather Channel. Rochester has been hit by two F4 tornadoes since 1950 (the first on May 10, 1953, and the other on September 16, 1962). [19]
The Riverview's lobby, largely unchanged since 1956. The Riverview is located in Minneapolis's Howe neighborhood and seats 700 patrons. [4] Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the theater typically played second-run films for between $2–3 per ticket and its concessions were also "much cheaper than at the suburban multiplexes". [14]