El Rey Theatre
910 Tennessee Street,
Vallejo,
CA
94590
910 Tennessee Street,
Vallejo,
CA
94590
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The El Rey Theatre was opened in 1949. It was located on Tennessee Street at Broadway Street.
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Ken Roe
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PLEASE CHANGE ADDRESS TO:
TENNESSEE STREET & BROADWAY STREET
SEATS
575
Open till 1955?
Anyone have more info or photos?
Ditto on the photos – especially interior ones.
I have a 1957 photo of the theater, which was still open at the time.
Just from looking at the size of the exterior, I believe it held more than 575 seats. There must have been a balcony.
trainmaster
The El Rey was opened by Ray Syufy. CinemaTour has five photos, two from 1967 when it was operating as the Cine 21, and three later shots with the name Cine 3 on the vertical sign. It was apparently triplexed at some time before finally being converted into a church.
Thank you, Mr. Vogel.
Do you know if that theater had a balcony?
trainmaster
I don’t think there was a balcony, but there might have been a section of stadium seating. Vincent Raney designed many houses with stadium sections during that period.
Thank you…..
Stadium seating is what I meant – the Orinda Theater has it, the Stamm had it as well as the Denver, the Enean in Concord and plenty of others.
Just by looking at the structer, it seems that there was stadium seating.
trainmaster
Theatre did have a balcony, until they made it a tri-plex in the early 70’s,reducing the Theater A as it was called capacity to 575 seats. Balcony was split to add 2 additional screens Theaters B & C. No stadium seating.