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The Roxy Theatre was a 5,920 [a]-seat movie palace at 153 West 50th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues, just off Times Square in New York City.It was the largest movie theater ever built at the time of its construction in 1927. [1]
The Roxy Theatre (often just the Roxy) is a nightclub on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, owned by Lou Adler and his son, Nic. [3] History.
Named in homage to the old Roxy Theatre that was torn down in 1972, the venue was announced to have standing-room-only capacity for 4,000 and feature about 40 music and comic shows annually, was designed to help drive activity to the site on non-gamedays, and planned to host special events. [1]
In 1973, music mogul Lou Adler and a dream team of bizzers opened the Roxy Theatre. 50 years later, the club's still going strong, as is the 89-year-old Adler.
Roxy Theater (Miami Beach), Florida; Roxy Theatre (Atlanta), Georgia; Roxy Theatre (New York City), not to be confused with the RKO Roxy Theatre, a.k.a. the Center Theatre; RKO Roxy Theatre in Rockefeller Center, New York City, a.k.a. the Center Theatre; Roxy Theatre (Langdon, North Dakota), listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The Roxie Theatre is a historic former movie theater in the Broadway Theater District of Los Angeles, California. The venue opened in 1931 as the last theater to be built on Broadway . Architect John M. Cooper 's Art Deco design of the Roxie remained the only theater of that style in the downtown neighborhood.
The 300-seat theater was renovated in 1933, changed its name to the Roxie, and added its unusual marquee with neon sign but no place for movie titles. In 2003, a 49-seat theater dubbed the Little Roxie opened two doors from the main theater. [2] Other names for the theater: The Poppy 1912–1916; The New 16th Street 1916–1920; The Rex 1920–1926
RKO Roxy Theatre, 49th Street, New York, N.Y., 1932 An ice stage 100 feet (30 m) wide with a skating surface of 7,000 square feet (650 m 2 ) was built in the theater. Beneath it 28,000 feet (8,500 m) of pipe were laid, capable of continuously circulating a freezing solution at the rate of 500 US gallons per minute (1,900 L/min).