Venue Tower

 The Tower Theatre, built in 1921, is the oldest movie theater in the Salt Lake Valley which is still in operation today.  It was the first air-conditioned movie theater in the city.
The theater originally had a facade that resembled the Tower of London, but this was removed in 1950.

The theater closed in 1988 and stood vacant for a couple years.

On 26 July 1991, Greg Tanner reopened the 480-seat Tower, hoping to recapture the theater's reputation as Salt Lake City's premiere movie art house. Tanner also operated the Blue Mouse, which was a small screening room in the basement of a building, and Cinema in Your Face!, which had the stigma of once being a soft-core porn theater. Of the Tower, Tanner said, "I think that Salt Lake has never had a high-quality art theater. Not since the Tower held that satus in the '60s. We feel there will be a lot more support for an arts theater here." Before reopening the Tower, Tanner improved the projection equipment, renovated the lobby and rest rooms, and fixed electrical and plumbing problems. He still hoped to do work on the marquee, the ceiling in the auditorium, and the sound system.²

Businessman Paul Liacopoulos bought the Tower in 2000. The Salt Lake Film Society, a nonprofit organization, operates the Tower and later took over the Broadway Centre 6 downtown.³ In about 2001, the Salt Lake Film Society took over management of the Tower Theatre. Brooke Harper, president of the society, selects the movies herself, traveling to film festivals across the country to find the perfect films for the theater. The society has done so well that in 2002 it expanded its operations to 7 screens by taking over the Broadway Centre Cinemas.

-UtahTheaters.info