Palace Theater
238 Walnut Street,
Spooner,
WI
54801
238 Walnut Street,
Spooner,
WI
54801
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Palace Theater Spooner (Official)
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Functions: Movies (First Run)
Styles: Streamline Moderne
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
715.635.2801
Manager:
715.520.5378
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The 595-seat Palace Theater was opened in 1939. It was twinned with 230-seats in the large theater and 100-seats in the small theater. It closed on March 16, 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It was announced on June 24, 2021 that the closure would be permanent.
On August 4, 2024 a liquor licence was approved for the theatre which had been purchased by new owners, who reopened the Palace Theater by January 2025.
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The Palace Theater first opened its doors in 1939 and has been family owned and operated ever since.
Originally, the theater held only one screen. It was a show piece for the latest cinema productions of its time. The passing years brought many updates including a second auditorium and modern seating.
Film exhibition over the past 80 years hadn’t changed much until early 2000s when digital cinema came on to the market. By 2014, 35mm film was becoming obsolete so the theater launched a Kickstarter campaign. The campaign was a success so the theater was able to convert both projectors from 35mm film to digital. The sound and picture quality was dramatically improved and will allow the Palace to continue showing the best of Hollywood, in downtown Spooner, for many years to come!
Final day of performances: March 16th, 2020. It was announced on its Facebook page on June 24th, 2021, they have no plans to reopen. Webshot posted.
The theater has been purchased, and the new owners plan to reopen it.
Spooner, WI: Closed Since 2020, Palace Theatre Purchase Renews Hope of Reopening [Aug 26, 2024]
The theater reopened recently:
Spooner, WI: Palace Theatre Now Open [Jan 19, 2025]
This was likely a replacement of an earlier Palace Theatre which closed around the same time as the then-newer location. There was a statement from the Leader-Telegram of Eau Claire saying that Nick Grengs and his son Sheldon bought the older Palace Theatre in February 1933. Grengs later moved to Eau Claire in the mid-1940s.