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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Enforce school alcohol ban, state urges
Deseret News, 8 November 1997, page B1
Article Summary:
The state school board wants the Utah Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission to reject a proposal by the Eccles Performing Arts Center to serve alcoholic beverages when it hosts non-school day civic events in an auditorium it shares with Park City High School. Art center officials believe they should be able to serve alcoholic beverages to adults attending performances, art exhibits, or special events such as the Sundance Film Festival. Eccles Art Center officials had envisioned seeking short-term permits for such functions.
