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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Theaters to open at Kimball Junction
Deseret News, 13 January 2004
Article Summary:
Rocky Mountain Cinemas will open the Redstone 8 Cinemas at Kimball Junction on Friday, 16 January 2004. The 1,000-seat multiplex will be the largest in the Wasatch Back and will feature stadium seating, love seats, a lobby cafe, cry room and play area, and a video arcade.
