The Majestic Bay
Address2044 NW Market Street
Seattle
USA
Coordinates47°40′08″N 122°23′03″W / 47.668976°N 122.38408°W / 47.668976; -122.38408
OwnerKenny Alhadeff, Elltaes Theatres LLC
TypeMovie theater
Opened1914 (1914)
Website
majesticbay.com
Plaque describing the Majestic Bay as "America's oldest continuously operating movie theatre", dating to 1914
Nautical styled doors

The Majestic Bay Theater, built in 1914 in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, was the oldest continuously operating movie theater in the United States prior to its closure in 1997.[1] In 1998, it was renovated and transformed from a bargain single-screen theater to a well-appointed triplex.[2]

The theater opened as The Majestic in 1914. It was renamed The Bay at a later date until the closure. It operated as a Disney outlet in and around the 1970s, running all of the major Disney features, as well as other non-Disney fare.

A cigarette dropped in a standpipe in the adjacent parking lot started a fire in its East wall (just before a showing) in 1970 and could have been the theater's end had it happened when the theater was unoccupied, but the fire was quickly and successfully put out by the Ballard fire department before any significant damage occurred. The Bay Theater was again open for the next showing.

The rebuilt theater of 1998 adopted both the former "Majestic" and its later "Bay" names to become the "Majestic Bay Theater".

References

  1. ↑ Pastier, John (October 11, 2000). "Triple feature". The Seattle Weekly. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved April 5, 2008.
  2. ↑ "About The Bay". Majestic Bay Theatres. Archived from the original on October 9, 2007. Retrieved November 10, 2007.
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