The Meyer Theatre is a historic theater located in
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The county seat of Brown County, it is at the head of Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It is above sea lev ...
. Originally known as the Fox Theatre, the building was constructed in 1929 in the
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...
and
Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
The Spanish Colonial Revival Style ( es, Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
In th ...
styles. Its opening on February 14, 1930, was celebrated with a festival that drew thousands of guests, including several
Fox Films officials.
History
After Fox Theatres Inc. declared bankruptcy in 1933, the theater was operated as the Bay Theatre until 1998. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2000. The building was restored in 2002 and renamed the Robert T. Meyer Theatre, in honor of a former Green Bay businessman.
[Meyer Theatre]
"Betty Meyer"
/ref> It was re-opened in 2003. Upon re-opening, it was managed by the Weidner Center for the Performing Arts. Today the Meyer Theatre Corporation is contracted with PMI Entertainment Group to do the booking and handle management of the facility.
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Cinemas and movie theaters in Wisconsin
Buildings and structures in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Art Deco architecture in Wisconsin
Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in the United States
Theatres completed in 1929
Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places in Brown County, Wisconsin
Public venues with a theatre organ
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