Built in 1926, Tampa Theatre is one of America’s most elaborate movie palaces. Preserved for generations, the historical landmark is one of Tampa Bay’s best-kept gems, retrofitted with numerous technical upgrades from recorded sound in 1929 to digital projection in 2014. The single screen, 1,200-seat theatre, presents around 550 film screenings during normal years.
The theatre also shows specialty films, and hosts live concerts and community events. In October of 2019, the theatre announced new plans to create a second theater, bringing the microcinema movement to Tampa with hopes to build the finest screening room in the Southeast. The new theatre, which is estimated to cost around $1.5 million, will take over the space that now houses the Nature Shop. That space is under the theatre’s historic marquee and is big enough to place 40-50 seats.
Source: Historic Tampa Theatre moves forward on plans for microcinema (T2)