The historic Eagle Theatre in the Eagle Rock neighborhood of Los Angeles eventually will reopen with an attached video store after fundraising efforts for the project are completed.
The Vidiots Foundation is raising money for the theater’s refurbishment. Vidiots also will open a store there with 50,000 DVDs and Blu-ray discs for rent.
KABC-TV in Los Angeles reports:
No reopening date is set, but the foundation’s officers hope to have the theater open by year’s end. Vidiots hoped to have it open last year, but the COVID-19 pandemic slowed that effort.
According to an earlier story in the Hollywood Reporter:
With almost 10,000 square feet of entertainment and educational space, Vidiots will operate its storefront seven days a week, as well as offering daily screenings and special programs. A smaller, 50-seat theater will be used for screenings, workshops and receptions.
The Eagle Theatre standing about three blocks south of Colorado Boulevard (aka Route 66) at 4884 Eagle Rock Blvd.
According to Cinema Treasures, the formerly 900-seat theatre originally opened as the Yosemite Theatre in 1929. It became the New Eagle Theatre in 1937, then shortened the name to Eagle Theatre in 1940.
It closed in 2001 and became a church for a while. The church moved out about two years ago.
(Hat tip to Scott Piotrowski; artist’s rendering of the revamped Eagle Theatre via its Facebook page)