Teatro America

This link will take you to a pic of the theatre.
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I remember going to this theater when I went to Puerto Rico. They use to run a different movie everyday except on sunday and monday when they would play the newest movies of course about 8 or 9 months after it had open else where. It also had a marquee which I see is missing. don't know how many it seated but it was pretty big.

The link above has expired. Does anyone know if this theater has completed its restoration?

I lived in Puerto Rico for only a short 3 years during the mid 80s & recently visited there after a long hiatus...the theater is still there, but it seems it does not operate as a MOVIE theater anymore...I took a peek inside & there are fold up chairs & a stage (no screen that I can see), according to a friend of the family (who has lived in Vega Baja her whole life), she says she has seen her share of "plays" there & can't remember WHEN they stopped showing movies, so I'm assuming it is operating strictly as a performing arts center for the small town of Vega Baja.

I lived there when I was in the 5th-6th grade, so this theater has a sweet spot from my youth...I have fond memories of seeing movies like The Goonies, Fright Night, Return of the Living Dead, A View To A Kill & several others that escape me at the moment. On my recent trip back, I believe I took a photo of the very front of the theater. I will try my darnest to upload it to Photobucket in the next few days & copy the link over here.

Geez, I need to read the above captions better...I see it is already KNOWN it stopped working as a theater around 1985..which is around the time I had my above posted memories...it must've close shortly after, how sad. As LUISMEL above said, I remember talking to my cousin (who lived in NYC) on the phone & he'd already seen movies that were still a long ways from being screened at the America! I also remember they only showed movies at night...maybe 2 showings, like one at 7:30pm & another at 9:30pm & the popcorn was always "stale" & was always pretty dirty inside...now I know WHY, considering it was pretty much at the end of its "movie theater" run.