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Art City Cinemotor
720 North Main Street
Springville, Utah
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Empress Theatre
Magna, Utah
The Empress Theatre has opened once again!
9104 West 2700 South
The OHPAA group continues it's renovating efforts, with an expanded parking area now ready to use and two addtitional rooms now painted! We have also been officially designated a Non'profit Corporation by the IRS! The Empress is also the filming location for a new Disney Movie ("Dadnapped") which will be aired on the Disney Channel next spring. We are very excited!
And come see the new carpet in our lobby! It's gorgeous!
Things are happening fast at the Empress. You'll have to hurry to keep up!
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Image courtesy of the US Geological Survey
Date: 1 July 1990
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Art City Cinemotor
(Art City Drive-In Theatre)
720 North Main Street
Springville, Utah
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Status: |
Demolished |
Total
Cars:
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400 |
Open: |
After 1951
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Closed: |
4 September 2000
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Demolished: |
Before 2002
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The Art City Drive-In closed on 4 September 20001 after developers purchased the property with plans to build homes and retail stores on the site.
Wesley Webb, the last owner of the theater, bought the drive-in as an investment. When land prices suffered in the 1980s, he continued to show movies.2
Speakers from the Art City Drive-In were sold on eBay with the description, "Vintage Drive-In Movie Speaker Manufactured by Reed. This speaker is original and operational on September 4, 2000 at the Art City Drive-In in Springville, Utah. This was the last day the drive in operated. The Speaker has Art City DI Theatre engraved on the face. "1
The screen, projection building, and ticket booth of the Art City Drive-In were demolished by October 2002.1 By June 2005, two or three new buildings had been built along the front of the site, with only a few rows of drive-in parking remaining at the back of the lot.
1. "Art City Cinemotor", drive-ins.com, December 2005
2. "Time's running out for Utah drive-ins", Deseret news, 31 May 2000, Page A1
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