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| − | The '''Center Theater''' is a defunct movie house at 407 Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Center Theater is owned by Stephens Group chief executive officer [[Warren Stephens]], who purchased the structure in 2001 for $125,000. A $2.5 million plan to turn the building into a 281-seat dinner theater venue, art-house theater, or make it the anchor for a new downtown "theater campus" is apparently moribund. The Center Theater closed its doors for the last time on March 31, 1977. The Center Theater is one of four former movie houses located along Main Street. The others | + | The '''Center Theater''' is a defunct movie house at 407 Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Center Theater is owned by Stephens Group chief executive officer [[Warren Stephens]], who purchased the structure in 2001 for $125,000. A $2.5 million plan to turn the building into a 281-seat dinner theater venue, art-house theater, or make it the anchor for a new downtown "theater campus" is apparently moribund. The Center Theater closed its doors for the last time on March 31, 1977. The Center Theater is one of four former movie houses located along Main Street. The others were the [[Main Theater]], the [[New Theater]], and the [[Roxy Theater]]. |
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Revision as of 03:44, 27 August 2008
The Center Theater is a defunct movie house at 407 Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Center Theater is owned by Stephens Group chief executive officer Warren Stephens, who purchased the structure in 2001 for $125,000. A $2.5 million plan to turn the building into a 281-seat dinner theater venue, art-house theater, or make it the anchor for a new downtown "theater campus" is apparently moribund. The Center Theater closed its doors for the last time on March 31, 1977. The Center Theater is one of four former movie houses located along Main Street. The others were the Main Theater, the New Theater, and the Roxy Theater.
