Coliseum Twin Theater

315 Lincoln Street,
Sitka, AK 99835

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Previously operated by: Gross-Alaska Theatres

Styles: Streamline Moderne

Previous Names: Coliseum Theater, King Coliseum Theater

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Coliseum Twin Theater

The Coliseum Theater opened in the mid-1930’s on downtown Sitka’s Lincoln Street. The Coliseum Theater was destroyed by fire on January 2, 1966. It was rebuilt and was twinned in March 1982.

In 2002, the Coliseum Twin Theater was demolished and replaced by an Alaska Pacific Bank building. Its' seats, projectors, and sound system were removed prior to demolition and are now in a new two-screen Coliseum Theatre that opened in 2003 at a new location at 331 Lincoln Street (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures).

Contributed by Bryan Krefft

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Ken Roe
Ken Roe on May 18, 2006 at 4:50 pm

The Film Daily Yearbook; 1943 edition gives a seating capacity of 350 for the then single screen Coliseum Theatre.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on September 10, 2007 at 9:56 pm

My 1967 FDY shows the Coliseum as operated by the Gross Circuit, headquartered in Juneau. President and GM was Zelma Gross. Other Alaska theaters in the circuit at the time were the Coliseum in Haines, the Coliseum in Ketchikan, the 20th Century in Juneau, the Coliseum in Petersburg and the Coliseum in Skagway.

akasava
akasava on September 15, 2020 at 9:09 am

on 16 February 1973 was in this theatre the premiere of the movie ‘The Timber Tramp’

Rainbow Angels Ensemble
Rainbow Angels Ensemble on July 31, 2024 at 7:17 am

This theatre was burned on January 2, 1966, and then rebuilt

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