This theater holds a a special memory for me. My mom and I literally scraped together enough change to take me to see E.T. there. I was too young to be embarrassed but old enough to remember how poor we were and what a sacrifice it was to see a movie.
EET is a true gem. Comparing the EET restoration to the “restoration” of the Capitol Theater in Salt Lake City only highlights the workmanship and attention to detail that Logan received. What a treat to be able to see a production in that palace.
Utah has an atrocious view of preserving history. If it’s not on Temple Square wave good bye. I work downtown and seeing the sign for theutahtheater.org really got me interested in the historic movie palaces. I’ve been on a docents theater tour in L.A. and was fascinated to see that downtown SLC had so many theaters it was almost like a mini LA back in the day. Now only 2 or 3 remain. So sad. For all the talk of revitalizing downtown SLC it’s hard to make block after block of office buildings a destination for the mini vans from the ‘burbs.
I have to say I was pretty disappointed with the restoration Salt Lake County did. I saw a stage production in 2003 (granted 25 years after the restoration) but it really seemed to have been a refurbishment instead of a restoration. Bottom line the county did the work on the cheap and it shows.
This location is now a Chipotle Mexican Grill.
This theater holds a a special memory for me. My mom and I literally scraped together enough change to take me to see E.T. there. I was too young to be embarrassed but old enough to remember how poor we were and what a sacrifice it was to see a movie.
I remember many a summer days at this theater in the early 80s. We would spend all day theater hopping. I wasn’t a bad kid… just poor.
EET is a true gem. Comparing the EET restoration to the “restoration” of the Capitol Theater in Salt Lake City only highlights the workmanship and attention to detail that Logan received. What a treat to be able to see a production in that palace.
Utah has an atrocious view of preserving history. If it’s not on Temple Square wave good bye. I work downtown and seeing the sign for theutahtheater.org really got me interested in the historic movie palaces. I’ve been on a docents theater tour in L.A. and was fascinated to see that downtown SLC had so many theaters it was almost like a mini LA back in the day. Now only 2 or 3 remain. So sad. For all the talk of revitalizing downtown SLC it’s hard to make block after block of office buildings a destination for the mini vans from the ‘burbs.
I have to say I was pretty disappointed with the restoration Salt Lake County did. I saw a stage production in 2003 (granted 25 years after the restoration) but it really seemed to have been a refurbishment instead of a restoration. Bottom line the county did the work on the cheap and it shows.