Roosevelt Twin Theatre
Roosevelt, Utah
George H. Harrison and R. Howard Harrison opened the $40,000 Roosevelt Theatre on Valentine's Day, 14 February 1942, with Shirley Temple in Kathleen. The “modern up-to-the minute motion picture theatre” was described as “new, beautiful, and elaborately equipped.” The interior color scheme was peach, green, and beige, with red velour curtains and drapes. The 500 seats in the auditorium were “arranged on a slight arc so that every seat directly faces the screen.” The stage was large and had floodlights, so the theater could “accommodate many types of entertainment” and serve as “a community playhouse as well as a motion picture theatre.”
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Vineyard surprises Utah County with exploding growth
Daily Herald, 30 August 2014
Article Summary:
@geneva Development:
- developers acquired former Geneva Steel land in foreclosure
- Vineyard had 235 residents according to a 2012 estimate
- Utah Valley University bought 225 acres
Megaplex Theatres:
- 78,000-square-foot
- "latest technology to make it one of only 65 such theaters in the country"
- faces west
- 13 screens
- two IMax screens
- community’s nautical theme extends to the theater
- two towers reminiscent of coastal lighthouses
- center marquee rises 100 feet, will visible from I-15
- 100,000 square feet of retail space on about eight acres planned in front of the theater
