Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-07-01
THE GRAND THEATER
NEARING COMPLETION
II Will be Ready for Opening July n
With Musical Comedy Company.


Phoenix is to have another open
air theater. By far the largest any
where in the territory, eclipsing any
other airdome theater in the city,
capable of seating over 1900 people
a tneater complete in every appoint
ment, with enough stage room 10
handle the best musical comedies on
the American state. This new ven
ture is already nearing completion on
First and Van Buren, streets and will
be opened on the 18th day of July by
musical comedy company of twenty
six people.
Every effort is being made to make
the new Grand airdome theater the
largest and most up to date structure
of its kind in the southwest. The fl
nancial side of the undertaking is
said TO have sufficient capital to carry
every plan to a finish and have
enough left over for any possible
rainy day that might be booked on
the calendar of the Grand. Messrs.
Rosenstein & Childs are the man
ayers and both of these gentlemen
are said to be capable of handling
all phases of the show business in an
to date manner They are both ia
miliar with the attractions in the
country, their merits, and how to get
these attractions.
1t is a plan of the management to
hold four dances weekly a high grade
floor being constructed in the theater
with this object in view All the
chairs will be of the movable variety
and can be taken up Immediately af-
ter the last performance.
Popular prices will be charged for
admission, 10, rs and 80 cents, the
admission including the dancing pri-
vilege.
The Grand theater as the new play
house is to be called, will almost COW
er the 20 by 1879 foot lot at the
southeast corner of North First and
Van Buren, streets, one block north
of the Coliseum. All of the structure
will be of the best. Iron pillars will
be used for the supports in the sides
and stage. The stage will be 80
feet deep and 35 feet wide. There
will be six dressing rooms with every
modern convenience. Several sets of
scenery have been ordered and will
be finished in plenty of time for the
initial performance. The front cur
tain will be the most beautiful in the
valley being a combination of the
Venetian with the wilds of Arizona
one of the main features of the
new play house viii be the brilliant
illumination, for which hundreds of
dollars will be spent. In the evening
the Grand will be in a blaze of cleo
tricity OF many colors that can be
seen from every part of the city. II
is limited that on the opening night
search lights will play onto every sec
ton of the city of Phoenix telling
to the inhabitants that a new air
dome has BEEN born and will handle
the largest class Of vaudeville enter
tainment in the territory
Rosentein and Childs have very lit
tie to say as to what their plans
really are or what they are going to
really spring on the amusement low
ers of the city, except to say that it
Will be the greatest venture of its
kind ever undertaken outside of the
city limits of Los Angeles 1t is up
TO time to really prove to playgoers
just what will actually develop.
The new amusement. venture has
been talked for several months and
has been seriously planned but one
incident after another interfered with
the carrying out of the plans until
recently