Capitol Theatre

811 Main Street,
Moncton, NB E1C 1G1

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rivest266
rivest266 on October 5, 2024 at 9:59 am

Fire pic: Capitol and Empress theatre fireCapitol and Empress theatre fire 27 Mar 1926, Sat The Moncton Transcript (Moncton, Moncton Parish, New Brunswick, Canada) Newspapers.com

rivest266
rivest266 on October 5, 2024 at 9:59 am

The Capitol and Empress theatres were destroyed by fire on March 25th, 1926 and the Capitol theatre reopened on October 26th, 1926.

Capitol and Empress theatre fireCapitol and Empress theatre fire 26 Mar 1926, Fri The Moncton Transcript (Moncton, Moncton Parish, New Brunswick, Canada) Newspapers.com

rivest266
rivest266 on October 5, 2024 at 8:58 am

The Capitol theatre was taken over by Odeon theatres on September 11th, 1945 and Canadian Odeon theatres in 1977 and Empire Theatres in 1984. Empire theatres closed it on November 14th, 1991 and it was restored and reopened as a performing arts center on September 8th, 1993.

rivest266
rivest266 on October 4, 2024 at 5:17 pm

Opened October 6th, 1922, by Torrie & Winter. Grand opening ad posted.

pnelson
pnelson on November 9, 2015 at 8:27 pm

Would be nice to see interior. Sounds beautiful. Nice marquee and exterior.