Fargo Cinema Grill
630 1st Ave N,
Fargo,
ND
58102
630 1st Ave N,
Fargo,
ND
58102
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The Fargo Cinema Grill opened in the former Lark Theatre building in April of 1997 and closed on May 31, 2001.
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If you go on that site the ad might be posted in a larger size. I don’t recall offhand.
We should use the 600 seat count that I mentioned back in April.
This is the site hosting the ad. The ad looks about the same size on their website.
If you click on the link at the bottom of that blog post, there is another link to a nice, big, high-res version of the image.
Your right. Here is direct link to the jumbo ad.
The Lark Theatre opened on November 19, 1970, according to the November 23 issue of Boxoffice. It was built for the North Central Theatres division of ABC Theatres. The August 24 issue of Boxoffice had said that the new house was intended to replace the circuit’s Grand Theatre, which was located adjacent to the new theater.
The May 18, 1970, issue of Boxoffice ran an item about the groundbreaking for the project. This item said that the new theater was designed by New York City architect George Henry Greene, who designed many theaters for ABC during this period. The seating capacity given in the Boxoffice item was 688. It also said that the old Grand Theatre was scheduled for demolition following the opening of the new house.
I just noticed that the number of screens listed here for this theater is three. I can’t say 100% for sure, but I am pretty sure that this theater never had more than a single screen. If it did have three, it was subdivided from one very late in its life. But I don’t think it was anything other than a single screen.
According to the link in the first comment above, “The two-floor theater held two lobbies, two separate kitchens, and three large theaters that served food, beer, and wine”.
When it operated as the Cinema Grill it was configured with 3 screens one on the ground floor and two upstairs with kitchen on the second floor and some lobby area on each. I don’t recall the Lark configuration.
The Cinema Grill configuration had all the traditional theater seating taken out in favor of dining tables and chairs.
This theatre was demolished in 2008.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjEyYfXudLM