Center Theatre
914 Central Avenue,
St. Petersburg,
FL
33705
914 Central Avenue,
St. Petersburg,
FL
33705
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The building was a converted grain-house, which became the Alcazar Theatre. It was one of the many theatres lining St. Petersburg’s Central Avenue, first appearing in the newspaper in 1926. By 1941 it had been renamed Roxy Theatre.
It later became the Center Theatre and was equipped to screen 70mm films in the 1960’s. The Center Theatre was closed in 1977. Today, 914 Central Avenue is a parking lot.
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Andy
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It appears that the Alcazar and the also-listed Center were the same theater. It was also called the Roxy at one point. The Alcazar moved into a converted grain warehouse in 1926 and its final incarnation, the Center, closed in 1977.
Thanks Andy. This is very interesting. I remember when the Center was a 70MM house. They advertised heavily in the Tampa Tribune the many reserved-seat roadshow attractions that played though most of the 1960s. But by the mid-1970s it had gone adult and was reduced to showing X-rated films. I only saw one adult film here and as I recall it was a nice theatre with a fairly large screen. Had no idea it was formerly known as the Alcazar and later the Roxy.
Thanks Guys.