Lehi City Arts Center
Lehi, Utah
After the John Hutchings Museum of Natural History moved to the Memorial Building in 1996, the former museum was renovated and reopened as the Lehi City Arts Center. Limited by its 100-seat auditorium with a combined green and dressing room, the Lehi Arts Council announced plans in 1998 for a new performing arts complex with a 1,800 seat Broadway theater, a smaller 248-seat theater, and a theater-in-the-round. Pledges were secured for $6 million of the necessary $15 million, but fund-raising grew difficult due to competition from other Utah County arts initiatives and the 2002 Winter Olympics Games. In 2003, Lehi City unveiled a $150,000 renovation of the existing arts center.
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New cinema expands dollar-theater options
By Julene Thompson, NewsNet Senior Metro Reporter
BYU NewsNet, 8 April 2003
Article Summary:
The University Mall Cinemas was reopened as a discount theater on 4 April 2003 by Don Clifton, who has 17 years of experience operating theaters in Washington, California, New York and Virginia. The theater has four screens with Dolby Stereo sound and more than 1,000 plush seats. Because the new University Mall Cinemas is privately owned, instead of run by a nation-wide theater chain, it can offer special events like old movies and kids' movies over the summer.
