Comments about El Rey Theatre in Vallejo, CA

jjayd on April 29, 2013 at 6:14 pm

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.

trainmaster on February 1, 2011 at 4:38 pm

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

Joe Vogel on January 30, 2011 at 5:31 pm

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.

trainmaster on January 30, 2011 at 4:22 pm

Thank you, Mr. Vogel.

Do you know if that theater had a balcony?

trainmaster

Joe Vogel on January 30, 2011 at 3:35 am

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.

trainmaster on January 29, 2011 at 12:21 pm

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

Ret. AKC (NAC) CCC Bob Jensen on August 24, 2010 at 11:34 am

PLEASE CHANGE ADDRESS TO:

TENNESSEE STREET & BROADWAY STREET

SEATS

575

Open till 1955?

Anyone have more info or photos?

El Rey Theatre

910 Tennessee Street, Vallejo, CA 94590

910 Tennessee Street,
Vallejo, CA 94590