New Theatre for Auckland.
A new theatre, to be called the Colosseum, is shortly to be erected in Queen Street, Auckland, on the site adjoining that of the Auckland Savings Bank. The demolition of the block of shops now standing on the site has commenced, and at the back of the area the work of excavating the foundations is already in hand. It is hoped to have the building constructed by Christmas. The Colosseum is being built for an Auckland company at a cost exceeding £150,000, and it will have seating accommodation for some 2000 people. It is being so con-’ structed that it can be utilised either for dramatic or for cinematographic entertainments, states the “New Zealand Herald.” The new theatre will have a frontage of 98ft. to Queen Street, and will run back to Lome Street.
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Progress, Volume XVIII, Issue 7, 1 March 1923, Page 153
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138New Theatre for Auckland. Progress, Volume XVIII, Issue 7, 1 March 1923, Page 153
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