Wheaton Grand Theater

123 N. Hale Street,
Wheaton, IL 60187

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Wheaton Grand Theater

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The Grand Theatre, which opened in 1925 with 1,000 seats, closed in the late-1990’s as a second-run movie house and is seeking to raise between $5-7 million for restoration costs. The new owners, the Wheaton Grand Theater Corp., reopened the theater on a limited basis in 2002 with the Wheaton Grand Theatre serving as a venue for concerts, classic film screenings and other community events.

The Wheaton Grand Theater closed April 1, 2006, to allow for the beginning of an $8 million restoration and renovation project which was expected to take around two years to return the theater to its original appearance, including a return to a single screen configuration. Unfortunately, by 2011, these plans had come to nothing, and the theatre sits empty and unused.

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jwballer
jwballer on November 23, 2010 at 3:40 pm

Im hearing the theatre may be demolished

jwballer
jwballer on November 23, 2010 at 3:51 pm

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jwballer
jwballer on March 7, 2011 at 3:01 pm

Interesting photo
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btkrefft
btkrefft on April 6, 2011 at 11:26 am

In yesterday’s referrendum, Wheaton residents voted against using public funds towards restoring the theater, according to the Chicago Tribune article below:

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jwballer
jwballer on April 6, 2011 at 12:36 pm

Very sad:(

btkrefft
btkrefft on April 7, 2011 at 8:01 am

From today’s Daily Herald:

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cmastersin
cmastersin on April 7, 2011 at 12:03 pm

Send the Wonder Morton back home to the Kings where it belongs

btkrefft
btkrefft on April 20, 2011 at 8:38 am

A little bit of good news for the Grand perhaps?

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cmastersin
cmastersin on April 20, 2011 at 9:44 am

Let everybody understand, I like the Wheaton Grand. I would grimace at seeing this movie palace wrecked. However, being a preservationist, I would truly appreciate the return of the remaining Wonder Morton components to the Kings, if the parties found a way to accomplish this. In the event the Wheaton Grand is saved, there ARE other theater organs out there, awaiting a new home. In fact, I know of a virtually complete 3m Wurlitzer right in my home town, that is available!

btkrefft
btkrefft on October 14, 2011 at 6:37 am

Here is a story from today’s Daily Herald about the Wheaton Grand.

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