DaveKCMO wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 7:33 am
There's a historic theater (Boone?) at 18th & Vine that needs a tenant after the city stabilizes the building.
My understanding is that the Downtown Council is renovating the
Boone Theater as a live cultural space to be used by the Folk Alliance, which relocated to KC, the Kansas City Friends of Alvin Ailey dance organization, and other groups.
https://www.arts.gov/exploring-our-town/boone-theatre
horizons82 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:48 pm
Is there anything in the remaining theater space at Crown Center? That'd be a relatively cost effective takeover.
A live performing arts group took over the old theaters at
Crown Center. It's called Musical Theater Heritage.
https://musicaltheaterheritage.com/shows/
earthling wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:50 am
^W39th? Martini Corner? Could Westport (and Xroads) to Troost become Brooklyn's Williamsburg to Bushwick equivalent?
There is a former movie theater building on W. 39th, that used to be the
Giles Theater. It is now cobbled up and houses the 39th Street Laundromat and Sahara Sheesha Lounge.
https://tinyurl.com/ycp66g82
There used to be movie theater in the Martini Corner neighborhood called the
Gillham Theater, and it burned down. It sat just east of the Velvet Freeze building, and the lot is still vacant.
Keep in mind that Tivoli has more than one film exhibition space in their current theater, and I would assume they would want to maintain that in any new venue. They also host festivals and need to show more than one movie at a time.
I would love to see them take over the
Plaza Theater, but I wonder if the auditorium could be divided into different exhibition rooms without harming the remaining historic features of the auditorium space. Reports indicate part of the balcony was removed, so that might not be available to close off into a small theater. I don't know if there is enough room to have a second exhibition space where Restoration Hardware's retail space was, and also have a lobby, bathrooms, and concession area.
http://cinematreasures.org/photos?page= ... er_id=1434
I was thinking about the former
Armory at 3620 Main. The building with the Silo sign on it. It already has a restaurant and bar area, and event space, and has 100 parking spaces. They might be able to build out small theaters within it.
https://tinyurl.com/y8sbwxee
http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/3620-Mai ... O/5648514/
The
Warwick Theater at 3927 Main Street has been taken over by the Metropolitan Ensemble Theatre, so it's not available.
The
Madrid Theater is a live performance/event space.
There are several former theaters still on Troost. The
Bagdad/Carrol Theater at 2711 Troost, the
Apollo Theater at 3227 Troost, and
The Strand at 3544 Troost. The question though would regular Tivoli customers go to those locations to see a movie? If Troost was further along in its' rebirth, the Apollo might be a possibility.
voltopt wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 3:02 pm
smh wrote: ↑Fri Aug 03, 2018 1:16 pm
I wouldn't mind a better version of Tivoli somewhere else. I'd love to see something more like Ragtag in Columbia.
Maybe the old movie theater at 39th and Woodland?
That is the
Colonial Theater. See above. Again, I question whether the regular Tivoli customer would go to 39th and Woodland to see an art movie. The neighboring buildings are pretty rundown, and I've seen aggressive hookers at that intersection. There is also no parking with that building.
I don't know if the theater auditorium remains in the
Gillis Theater at E. Fifth & Walnut in the River Market. That might only be a one auditorium setup as well anyway. I know it used to be a movie theater, and also a live theater at one time. Also a burlesque theater as well. Probably too small.
There is also the
Englewood Theater at 10917 E. Winner Road in Independence, which is empty, but owned by the operators of the Fine Arts Theaters. It might be too out of the way to succeed.
On the Kansas side, the
Granada Theater at 1013 Minnesota Avenue was restored, but it's now a church. Screenland operated it for awhile, but again, I think that it being an out-of-the-way location doomed it.
The
Fine Arts Theater at 11119 Johnson Drive in Shawnee was supposed to be undergoing renovation, but I don't know if it ever was completed. Still, I think it's only a single-screen theater.
The
Mission Theatre at 5909 Johnson Drive I believe is a rental event space--mostly for weddings. I think it was converted to a twin theater in the past. However, it is probably more profitable as a wedding and event venue that it might be as an art house theater.
So that leaves us with a situation where they might just find a former warehouse type building and build new theater spaces, bathrooms, etc. inside it like
Screenland did with the former Kansas City Star warehouse on McGee.
I would hate to see Tivoli close down for good.