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TobyH commented about Aggie Theatre on Nov 16, 2005 at 6:37 pm

I was living in Fort Collins In The 1990s and kept the article about the Aggie theater closing.Here is the brief about the Aggie Theater,from The Coloradoan.Originally opened in 1916 as a furniture store by Robert H Dowdy and Frank Aydelotte-Fire gutted interior of the two story builing and basement Dec.22,1951-Reopened as the Aggie Theater April 14,1953-frist movie shown was “Ivanhoe” with Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Taylor-Remodled in 1970 with 200 seats removed to enlarge the lobby-Closed by Commonwealth Theaters on March 20,1987-Reopened Sept.21,1990, after Rawlins, Wyo., investors group purchases the builing for $100,000-Remodeled in July 1993 to add new “rocking” chairs-Cloesd late December 1995-Last movie shown was “Money Train” starring Wesley Snipes nad Woody Harrelson.