Crown Theater
Posted by: brwhiz
N 39° 35.980 W 110° 48.721
12S E 516139 N 4383342
This Vintage Movie Theater is located at 30 W Main Street in Price, Utah.
Waymark Code: WMH32D
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 05/13/2013
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From the Utah Theaters Info web site:
The Eko Theater brought silent motion pictures to Price in 1911, with shows on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for ten cents per person. In 1914 the Bonita Theater opened just east of the Eko Theater at the corner of Main Street and Carbon Avenue. The Eko was named the Lyric and the Utah before becoming the Crown Theatre.[credited to Eastern Utah Advocate, 22 October 1914, 19 November 1914 and A History of Carbon County, by Ronald G. Watt, "Chapter 5 Community and Economic Development, pp. 71-106]
About 2009, the non-profit organization which runs the Rio Theatre in Helper raised $5,000 and began renovations at the Crown Theatre to convert the cinema for live performances. The theater sat idle after funding ran out.
Note the this site says the theater opened on December 18, 1912 is says it brought silent films in 1911.