New life for old theater in Cedar City
Spectrum, 3 January 2012
Article Summary:
Cedar Twin:
- Kyle and Kolby Pulsipher are new owners of the Cedar Twin
- theater will reopen this spring as the Cedar City Theatre
- the brothers have 11 children, a fact that affected their decision to purchase the theater
- will show second-run and classic movies at discounted prices
- will use digital and 35 mm projectors
- considering ways to attract students, including speed dating, dancing, live broadcasts of SUU athletic events
- Cedar City Downtown Redevelopment Agency voted 5 October 2011 to grant $2,500 to repair damage sustained by years of neglect, including updates to pass building inspections
- a 2010 study by HyettPalma, a consulting firm, listed the theater as a business that would attract shoppers to the area
- study states that attracting students and providing evening entertainment are important steps to making downtown Cedar City viable
- study indicated theater was a key space downtown; suggested Cedar City Corporation purchase the property
- the city contemplated buying the theater in 2010