Wyo Theater

309 S. 5th Street,
Laramie, WY 82070

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Additional Info

Architects: Charles Dunwoody Strong

Styles: Art Deco

Previous Names: Crown Theater

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Wyo Theater

The Crown Theater in Laramie, Wyoming was built around 1925. It operated as the Crown Theater until 1950 when its new owner changed the name to the Wyo Theater.

At that same time, the theater was given an Art Deco style remodel to the plans of architect Charles D. Strong and had 803 seats. The Wyo Theater was closed in 2017.

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Recent comments (view all 13 comments)

kns4hst
kns4hst on September 6, 2010 at 1:12 pm

My husband and I managed this theater (him in the late 80’s) myself in the early 90’s. This theater is part of the reason we now own/operate The Historic State Theatre…such found memory’s. We had to repaint the sidewalk almost every year :)

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on September 6, 2010 at 4:09 pm

Very nice looking theatre.

rivest266
rivest266 on January 8, 2018 at 7:17 pm

Closed as a cinema in 2017.

kpdennis
kpdennis on February 19, 2018 at 12:11 am

Recent photo of the theater added in the Photo section. Any idea what’s behind the cryptic message on the marquee?

RickB
RickB on February 19, 2018 at 8:19 am

Here’s a 2016 local news story about the closing. Here’s an iMDB bio page for the owner.

Jake Bottero
Jake Bottero on October 3, 2022 at 7:29 am

Boarded up and looking sad.

SethG
SethG on October 3, 2022 at 11:39 am

The old owner sounds like a real ‘character’. That IMDB profile is incredibly cringy. He also ruined the beautiful original doors and replaced them with cheap garbage.

RickB
RickB on October 3, 2022 at 2:33 pm

This page says that the theater was donated to the Laramie Main Street organization in 2019. There were hopes for revitalization but the page shows no updates since 2020.

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