Rialto Theatre

7 Goodyear Boulevard,
Akron, OH 44305

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dallasmovietheaters
dallasmovietheaters on January 21, 2023 at 6:47 pm

The Rialto Theatre closed in 1954 without converting to widescreen presentations. The building was sold six months later to Goodyear Local 2. They used it for country music jamborees in the late 1950s. It was later renamed as Goodyear Local 2 Hall / Building housing meetings and community service events. Local 2 decided to move to new digs in 1984 with Goodyear Corp. buying the building and having it demolished for a proposed park.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on November 7, 2016 at 3:51 am

The November 15, 1919, issue of Motion Picture News had an item about the Rialto in East Akron:

“H. E. Horwitz, owner of the Olympia theatre, Cleveland, has just closed a deal for the purchase of the new Rialto theatre, which is in the course of construction in East Akron, Ohio, directly opposite the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. The house, which will cost $250,000 when completed, will have all the latest building and projection equipment, with accommodations for 1200 people.”

rivest266
rivest266 on November 6, 2016 at 6:51 am

Grand opening ads in the photo section.