Belle-Air Theatre

The Belle-Air Theatre is Tampa’s shortest-lived movie theatre in the entirety of the city’s history, and was once the only Airdome in the city of Tampa.

Opening on May 6, 1919 by manager C.E. Dillon, the Belle-Air Theatre was an airdome located near the coast of Tampa Bay between both W. Grand Central Avenue and S. Boulevard. But after just two weeks in operation, Dillon left Tampa for unknown reasons, leaving the Belle-Air Theatre completely deserted for the rest of time. The Belle-Air Theatre immediately closed after the May 16, 1919 performance of “The Littlest Scout”, but it’s not the money though, it was an unknown-related incident.

The city’s councilman in June 1919 immediately asked that the council could refund the $52.50 in connection of Mrs. Bella Correll’s charge for a license to operate the Belle-Air Theatre stating that she had been victimized into assisting a theatre operator who had left the city in the night after closure.

Get Movie Tickets & Showtimes

Want to be emailed when a new comment is posted about this theater?
Just login to your account and subscribe to this theater.