From Longmont or Boulder, take Highway 287 north. Turn left on 4th and the Rialto will be on your left-hand side in the middle of the block. From Fort Collins, take Highway 287 south. Turn left on 4th and the Rialto will be on your right side in the middle of the block. There is plenty of free parking in lots and on the streets in downtown Loveland.
Most parking is within one block of the theater.
Noted architect, Robert K. Fuller, was hired by local bank president, William C. Vorreiter to design the theater. The Loveland Daily Herald newspaper hailed the Rialto as, the finest theater north of Denver, when it opened in May, 1920. The art nouveau theater had 1,040 wooden seats, a balcony, dressing rooms and an orchestra pit. Built primarily to show silent films, the Rialto also hosted travelling vaudeville shows, local talent contests and graduations. In 1935 the Rialto was purchased by the Gibraltar Theater Group who remodeled the theater and put one of their most energetic and talented managers, Ted Thompson and his wife Mabel, in charge.