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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Cineplex Odeon Seeking Bids for Complex
Deseret News, 7 June 1989, page D7
Article Summary:
Groundbreaking for the new Cineplex Odeon South Towne Center theaters
was scheduled for 1 July 1989 with an opening on 16 December 1989. The
36,000-square-foot theater had 10 screens with 2,500 seats. "The lobby
and concession area will feature reconstituted marble, brightly colored
wall decorations, ample lighting and multilevel ceiling heights." The
architect was Architects Cad Alliance Inc.
