Royal Theatre
711 23rd Avenue,
Meridian,
MS
39301
711 23rd Avenue,
Meridian,
MS
39301
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The Royal Theatre was opened January 4, 1941, and had a seating capacity for 517. It was located at 23rd Avenue and 7th Street just a couple blocks from the Temple Theatre.
Tripled in 1972, it has since been demolished.
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Chuck
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1982 photo of the Royal Theatre.
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1982 overhead photo of the Royal Theatre.
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The Royal Theatre became a three-theater complex in 1972. The January 30 issue of Boxoffice ran an article headed “Mississippi Triplex Sparkles In Debut” which said that the expansion was accomplished by adding two new auditoriums adjacent to the original 517-seat Royal, which had been built by Lloyd Royal in 1941, opening on January 4 that year.
The 1972 additions were called the Royal Cinema, which had 800 seats, and the Mini Royal, with 200 seats. The original Royal Theatre was reseated to accommodate 325 patrons with greater comfort. The new auditoriums were opened on January 17, 1972.
This theatre should be listed as demolished, there is a new city office building housing various city government offices.
So if I did my math correctly the theastre seated 1325 after the remodel and additions. This theatre closed in 1987. Joe did you come across anything that would confirm this theatre became a four plex in the early 1980’s?
Here is a 1980 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/yce69nz