Rialto Theater
408 W. Main Street,
Brownfield,
TX
79316
408 W. Main Street,
Brownfield,
TX
79316
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The Rialto Theater, old and dilapadated, is hanging on as small local concert venue. It was a neat theater that switched to Spanish language movies in the mid-1960s. It was owned and operated by the Jones family. It fits in on a deserted downtown street in Brownfield.
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Don Lewis
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Why do you say that?
The Rialto is very old and and has been in very poor condition for a long time. I am surprised that Brownfiled’s building occupancy codes, if any, even allow it to be used and that it has not been condemed.
If the Jones family still holds insurance on it, which is doubtful, the Rialto is surely worth more as a vacant lot.
Don………
There was no fire? In the photo that you posted, it sure did look like the Rialto had burned. I guess it was the hot Texas sun that made it look that way. LOL
Here is another 2007 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/35smzg
This is a more recent photo of the Rialto Theater.
A 2001 photo of the Rialto Theater in Brownfield. In the mid 1960s the Rialto had wire mesh seat bottoms due to cloth seats having been cut and vandalized.
Here is a 2009 photo.
Does anyone know if it is for sale? i had heard it was off and on and one guy owned it but had another and both were shot,, i blieve there is another theater just down the road that was bad owned by the same guy?
I don’t know the current status of the Rialto, but as a kid I knew Sammy Jones who sold the Brownfield theater properties in 1993. He was not shot and now resides here in North Texas.
Sad to say that Sammy Jones has passed away.