New Empire Theatre [Bolton]
type: Item
label: Hippodrome Theatre @es
label: New Empire Theatre
description: Theatre building in Bolton, United Kingdom
description: bioscoop in Bolton, Verenigd Koninkrijk @nl
EUTA building identifier: 1718
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: United Kingdom
City: Bolton
GPS: Point(-2.4326 53.5791)
Wikidata source: Q38790675
opening date: 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q19860854
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Carthalia ID: 1043
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Note: Built by Butterworth & Duncan. Opened 24 Aug 1908 as New Empire Theatre. Soon re-named Hippodrome Theatre. By 1916, converted into a cinema. In the 1940s re-converted into a theatre proper. Closed 1961. Subsequently demolished in favour of a car park.
closure date: 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z