Majestic/Mesa Theater

This building originally housed the Mesa Opera Rink, which opened in 1885 with a 300-seat playhouse for live theater, musical, and vaudeville acts, while ballroom dancing took place on the large wooden rink floor. In 1907, the front of the building was remodeled, the show house was enlarged to seat 1,000, and it reopened as the Majestic Theater. Some of the first silent films and the first movie with sound in Western Colorado were shown there. It was renamed the Mesa Theater in 1930, and in 1953 a complete mid-century remodel added a panoramic screen, stereo sound, and plush seats. It remained open until 1987.

Grand Junction, Colorado · United States