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Goodbye to the Broadmoor Theatre
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:11 am
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:11 am
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Once home to several movie screens the former Broadmoor Theater will be demolished in the next year to add more parking to the connecting shopping center.
However, the theater could be leveled sooner if the price is right, according to Baton Rouge area developer Randolph Ogden, who originally developed the theater nearly 50 years ago.
Though he's considered a tenant, operating his property management office out of the theater along Florida Boulevard, Ogden currently holds a 50-year land lease on the property that expires in August of 2015, and he brings in cash from two tenants he subleases to. "(Property owners) have not offered us enough money to leave. I'm bringing in $3,000 a month in rental income. There's no reason to walk away from that," Ogden said.
Austin Earhart of Beau Box Commercial Real Estate, the company developing the adjoining Broadmoor Village Shopping Center, said crews have already demolished the 42,000 square-foot building next to the theater.
Both will be demolished to make way for additional parking for the shopping center, which houses Planet Fitness, Family Dollar, American Cash Advance and the recently-relocated Hi Nabor grocery store.
The Broadmoor Theater opened in 1965 under the Ogden-Perry chain, one of 18 theaters Ogden owned throughout the South at the time. All were sold by 1987.
The theater was restructured several times, until ceasing operations in the late 1990s, but in 1998, reopened under different management. By 2004 the theater was closed again.
Since then, a teen nightclub tried operating out of the space and currently a recording studio and a video exchange shop lease space at the Broadmoor Theater. Ogden, owns 60 other properties in the Baton Rouge area and runs his property management office out of the Broadmoor Theater.
Once home to several movie screens the former Broadmoor Theater will be demolished in the next year to add more parking to the connecting shopping center.
However, the theater could be leveled sooner if the price is right, according to Baton Rouge area developer Randolph Ogden, who originally developed the theater nearly 50 years ago.
Though he's considered a tenant, operating his property management office out of the theater along Florida Boulevard, Ogden currently holds a 50-year land lease on the property that expires in August of 2015, and he brings in cash from two tenants he subleases to. "(Property owners) have not offered us enough money to leave. I'm bringing in $3,000 a month in rental income. There's no reason to walk away from that," Ogden said.
Austin Earhart of Beau Box Commercial Real Estate, the company developing the adjoining Broadmoor Village Shopping Center, said crews have already demolished the 42,000 square-foot building next to the theater.
Both will be demolished to make way for additional parking for the shopping center, which houses Planet Fitness, Family Dollar, American Cash Advance and the recently-relocated Hi Nabor grocery store.
The Broadmoor Theater opened in 1965 under the Ogden-Perry chain, one of 18 theaters Ogden owned throughout the South at the time. All were sold by 1987.
The theater was restructured several times, until ceasing operations in the late 1990s, but in 1998, reopened under different management. By 2004 the theater was closed again.
Since then, a teen nightclub tried operating out of the space and currently a recording studio and a video exchange shop lease space at the Broadmoor Theater. Ogden, owns 60 other properties in the Baton Rouge area and runs his property management office out of the Broadmoor Theater.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:14 am to LSUMJ
I saw Bambi, the Pink Panther movies, pretty much anything Disney in the 70's there
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:15 am to LSUMJ
I remember my feet sticking to the ground in that theatre
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:19 am to Tiger1242
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I remember my feet sticking to the ground in that theatre
yep all the time
random, but remember seeing Hunt for Red October there - and that lady with the big red hair would always sell the tix
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:44 am to LSUMJ
I remember walking there from my house to see beavis and butthead do America in that theater. Good times.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:48 am to LSUMJ
Man that guy must be pretty old if he owned 18 movie theatres in 1965, or was a very savvy businessman for his age.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 9:58 am to LSUMJ
I took my first shite in a public bathroom in that place. I think I was 8 or so.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:05 am to LSUMJ
Will be sad to see it go. Used to ride my bike there as a kid. Remember going see the absent minded professor and Herbie the Love bug as a kid.
But it will sure look much nicer with it gone since they redid the shopping center.
will be great to have a Hi-Neighbor there.
But it will sure look much nicer with it gone since they redid the shopping center.
will be great to have a Hi-Neighbor there.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:08 am to LSUMJ
Is Wesley's still open next door? I might get a roast beef poboy with extra gravy, if they are still open.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:08 am to Kajungee
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Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:11 am to Chappy
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pretty much anything Disney in the 70's there
The Rescuers
Herbie Rides Again
Candleshoe
Pete's Dragon
The Cat from Outer Space
Hot Lead and Cold Feet
Unidentified Flying Oddball
Saw all of these at the Broadmoor
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:16 am to LSUMJ
My mom took me there to see pet cemetery for my bday when I was like 4
She just kept saying "I'm sorry Kyle." My brother and myself were loving it though
I have always loved horror movies
She just kept saying "I'm sorry Kyle." My brother and myself were loving it though
I have always loved horror movies
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:29 am to TheIndulger
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Man that guy must be pretty old if he owned 18 movie theatres in 1965, or was a very savvy businessman for his age.
Randolph & Mortimer
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:44 am to LSUMJ
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Both will be demolished to make way for additional parking for the shopping center, which houses Planet Fitness, Family Dollar, American Cash Advance and the recently-relocated Hi Nabor grocery store.
I drive by that location every day. I never see the parking lot more than about 25% occupied. Why do they need more parking?
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:45 am to Boudreaux35
A grocery store will opening there at the end of the month and it's quite an eyesore
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:51 am to stoov
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I remember my feet sticking to the ground in that theatre
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yep all the time
random, but remember seeing Hunt for Red October there - and that lady with the big red hair would always sell the tix
Took my son and his birthday party there in late 90's. We had the kids line up in the aisle, then we carried each kid to their seat so that they wouldn't get stuck to the floor.
When it was a $1 theater, the old lady would line up stacks of change. You'd give her two bucks and she'd slowly slide the 92¢ stack of coins to you.
Posted on 9/26/14 at 10:54 am to Loubacca
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A grocery store will opening there at the end of the month
I still don't believe that grocery store is going to attract the amount of patrons to require additional parking.
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it's quite an eyesore
I agree....Use that as the reason for tearing it down, not a need for more parking.
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