Skyway Theatre

711 Hennepin Avenue,
Minneapolis, MN 55403

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korak63
korak63 on June 2, 2005 at 6:21 pm

I worked at the Skyway, late 70s early 80s. Correction: The box office was on ground level. An escalator took you to the second level where Skyway 1 was. Another escalator took you up to a third level where Skyway 2 was. Skyway 3 was a smaller theater on the same level as Skyway 1. The theater that was added on the ground level was Skyway 4. (I was working there when they opened Skyway 4, around 1980). I believed they split Skyway 2 right down the middle, and they turned balcony of Skyway 1 into a separate theater.

dwayne00
dwayne00 on January 31, 2005 at 1:15 pm

I remember working there for a couple of years. The months of midnight features featuring “The Hills have Eyes” and a few others. I had allot of fun in that area during the early eighties and saw many movies there.

josem
josem on October 5, 2004 at 4:32 am

I agree this theater was nothing too special. I remember seeing “Heavy Metal” there.

budyboy
budyboy on August 18, 2004 at 6:14 am

And this is ignoring the greatest ad for the Catholic Church;

THE ECORCIST………..

Opened/Played there in the ‘70’s, and had us all running to Confession!

That was a better trip than Alien….

budyboy
budyboy on August 18, 2004 at 6:11 am

And speaking of memories, I saw the opening of

ALIEN

there; on a date, no less. It scared me into bed! (But it was the ‘70’s!!)

The introduction to me LOUD MOVIES!!!!!!!!!! Some things have only gotten worse.

Sean Ryan
Sean Ryan on November 11, 2003 at 8:15 pm

They are now discussing placing a nightclub in the Skyway. This would certainly liven up this stretch of Hennepin. Perhaps it will also push out the rather seedy skyway lounge, one of the last strip bars on Hennepin Avenue. I personally see razing the theater building as a good option. It is poorly designed and does nothing for the asthetic value of the street. Perhaps a new building could bring life back to the block with restaurants, a hotel, retail etc. As the building currently stands it is a fortress to anyone walking on the street level and exudes the poor architectural practices of the 1970s. Unfortuanly there is little of much value here other than the memories.