Midwest Theater
1707 Broadway,
Scottsbluff,
NE
69361
1707 Broadway,
Scottsbluff,
NE
69361
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The Midwest Theater was built in 1946 with 920 seats located in orchestra and balcony levels. There was a 12-table pool hall in the basement below the auditorium.
It is still in relatively good repair with the original art work, some seats and carpeting all still within its walls.
Currently, the theater is owned by the Friends of the Midwest Theater and is operated by its volunteers.
Showing second run movies, the foundation is currently renovating the theater for live performances as well as movies.
In 2002, they received a tourism grant to renovate the very large marquee to all of its original splendor.
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Marie Erie
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Midwest Theater photo
From Boxoffice Magazine, March 30, 1946, datelined Scottsbluff: “William Ostenberg will open his new 920-seat, $200,000 Midwest Theatre here on April 24. The theatre is on the location of the Egyptian, which was destroyed by fire last year.”
The Midwest was also the subject of a three-page article in the June 24, 1946, issue of Boxoffice. The architect of the new house, Charles D. Strong, was a member of the advisory staff of the magazine’s Modern Theatre Planning Institute.
2009 photo of the Midwest Theatre.
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From 2010 a six photo mini-tour of the Midwest in Scottsbluff. The Theater Building, Snack Bar, Ornate interior mural artwork, More artwork, Elegant Seating and Last but not least a beautiful chandelier.
Great photos as always Don.
Great pictures Guys.
This 1946 trade article describes the Midwest Theatre: boxofficemagazine
I just learned of this theatre with its restored marquee from personnel at the Aurora Theatre in East Aurora NY (suburb of Buffalo).
Was also told that the theatre’s original name was the Oasis.
I am wondering, though, if that was the original name of the Egyptian, which stood on the same site until it was destroyed in a 1945 fire. The Boxoffice article cited by Joe Vogel indicates that this theater opened as the Midwest.