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Santikos Theaters was founded in 1911 by Greek entrepreneur Louis Santikos and was owned and operated by his son, John L. Santikos, [2] until his death in 2014. In 2015, as part of his estate, Santikos Entertainment was donated to the San Antonio Area Foundation. [3] In 2023, Santikos Theaters purchased Southern Theatres from Veronis Suhler ...
Southern Theatres was a movie theater chain based in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It was founded by George Solomon in May 2002. It operated two brands: The Grand Theatre, and AmStar Cinemas. In 2023, the chain was acquired by Santikos Theatres, which purchased the chain from Veronis Suhler Stevenson. Veronis Suhler Stevenson had ...
The Douglass Theatre in 2024. The Douglass Theatre is a theatre in Macon, Georgia. It was founded in 1921 by Charles Henry Douglass, an African-American entrepreneur who was an established theatre developer well versed in the vaudeville and entertainment business. [citation needed] Ben Stein owned and managed the theater in 1928. [1]
According to the Macon Daily Telegraph, the Cox was converted into a movie theater in 1917 and was officially opened to the public." [2] In 1917, The Capitol Theatre became the first public venue to offer air conditioning. [3] After 58 years, the Capitol Theatre closed in 1975. The venue reopened in 2006 as a movie house and concert venue.
Charles Henry Douglass was born in February 1870 in Macon, Georgia. His father, Charles Douglass, was a former slave from Virginia who became a carpenter. Charles grew up with his father, his mother Ellen, and his two sisters in a one bedroom house that his father built. [3]
Macon (/ ˈ m eɪ k ən / MAY-kən), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia, United States. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Atlanta and near the state's geographic center—hence its nickname "The Heart of Georgia". Macon's population was 157,346 in the ...
By the 1960s, the Grand had ceased showing movies and plans were made to replace it with a parking lot. [4] Those plans were blocked in 1967 by the Macon Arts Council, a group formed to save and restore the Grand; the group held a fundraising gala featuring the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and had the property placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. [1]
Located nearly across the street from Macon's historic City Hall, the auditorium is designed in a similar Classical style, surrounded on three sides by limestone Doric columns. [ citation needed ] The building is capped by a copper dome , claimed by many locals to be the largest in the world, though verifying the fact has proved difficult.