Ritz Theatre

803 N. Rolla Street,
Rolla, MO 65401

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Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on August 25, 2009 at 11:42 pm

The address should be 803 N. Rolla St. I left off the N. Also it should be lise4d as Closed/Demolished.

plasticfootball
plasticfootball on March 13, 2008 at 8:49 am

The Ritz was left unlocked shortly before demolition, and I couldn’t resist taking a flashlight in and looking around. The seats and screen had been pretty well worked over by vandals. While one of the restrooms was wrecked, the other had apparently been kept viable by workmen doing pre-demolition salvage—it was in decent shape, stocked with paper towels and soap. In the balcony I found a homemade Superman costume neatly folded up inside a plastic bag.

A while after the Ritz was knocked down, I looked up the Rolla newspaper from the demolition date. While there were several photos and a detailed history on the adjacent car dealership that was also demolished, no mention was made of the Ritz.