A new chapter for the Gothic begins.
, for more than $2 million. AEG’s motto is “giving the world a reason to cheer,” but whether or not Denver will be cheering this latest transition of one of its most beloved and important independent venues into another cog in the corporate music machine is a song yet to be sung. The news also comes on the heels of the announcement that another local venue, a Colorado real estate investment and development firm.
The move is significant, especially for a venue as historic as the Gothic, which has been a landmark in Denver — or more specifically, Englewood — for nearly a century. It was built as a movie theater sometime in the 1920s, and while no sources agree on an exact year, the era is clear from its remaining original design elements. The Gothic was an Art Deco beauty, the sleek styling and geometric adornments promising the lavish experience that film was back in the days before television, when even radio was still in its infancy.
The Gothic Theatre was a pioneer in the Denver area, too: It was the first cinema in the area to show the “talkies” — films matched with audio tracks so that audiences could hear the actors on-screen, and the music that accompanied a film didn’t have to be played live. As charming as that sounds to modern audiences — the
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