Orpheus Hall
Vernal, Utah
C. W. Showalter, and Andrew King opened the Orpheus Hall on Thanksgiving Day, 30 November 1911. The amusement hall had a spring dance floor, but was also used for roller skating, basketball, banquets, and movies. It was named after the Greek god of Mirth, “a famous musician who is reputed to have had power to entrance men, beasts, and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.” At 11:00 PM on New Years Eve, 1928, the hall was renamed Imperial Hall. In a ceremony on 20 April 1965, Governor Governor Calvin L. Rampton took a sledge hammer and delivered the first blow in the demolition of the hall as part of a community beautification campaign.
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Valley's Biggest Movie-Plex Opens Today
Deseret News, 15 December 1995, page C8
Article Summary:
The Carmike 12 opened on 15 December 1995, featuring "plush
airplane-style seats, drink holders on the armrests, and plenty of
legroom." The theater had a total of about 2000 seats, with about 350
in the largest auditoriums and 100 in the smallest. Six theaters had
THX certification.