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The Texas Theatre is a movie theater and Dallas landmark located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas.It gained historical significance on November 22, 1963, as the location of Lee Harvey Oswald's arrest over the suspicion he was the killer of Dallas Police Officer J. D. Tippit and President John F. Kennedy.
The Kessler Theater was designed by renowned Dallas architect George Dahl [citation needed] and built in the Art Deco style; [2] it features a distinctive marquee, intricate detailing, and an auditorium with a capacity of approximately 400 guests. [6]
The theater, formally known as Valley View Cinema 1 & 2, [32] closed in 1991. The facade of the movie theater was then boarded up and the interior furnishings were stripped out. [ 33 ] The 13,240 square feet (1,230 m 2 ) space remained empty until it was renovated in late 2001 by Radio One to house radio stations KBFB and KSOC . [ 34 ]
Dallas Comedy House opened in 2009, closed and reopened in 2019, and closed in 2020. Dallas Comedy Club opened in 2021 in the building formerly occupied by Dallas Comedy House. [13] [14] The area was also host to two local breweries in the 2010s: Deep Ellum Brewing, and BrainDead Brewing (closed in 2021).
The Granada Theater is a theater in the Lower Greenville neighborhood of Dallas. The theater was built in 1946 as a movie house. The theater was built in 1946 as a movie house. In 1977, it was converted to a concert hall, only to revert to a movie theater soon afterwards.
The complex also houses a 1,740-seat theater, 105 meeting rooms, and two gigantic ballrooms. In May 2009, voters approved the construction of the Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel, a 1,000 room hotel that is attached to the Convention Center. It opened in late 2011, under budget and ahead of schedule.
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The Hoblitzelle Foundation turned the Majestic Theater over to the City of Dallas in January 1976 and the theatre was restored for use as a performing arts center. After restoring the exterior, the original Corinthian columns, balustrades, urns, and trellises of the auditorium were repaired and repainted. 23K gold leaf was reapplied to the ...