Granada Theater

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Granada Theater
Location	1020 Massachusetts Ave. Lawrence, Kansas
Type	Concert Venue
Built	1928
Opened	1928
Renovated	September 7, 1934, 1993
Closed	1989
Capacity	2,300 originally 1,700 currently
Website	Official Website

The Granada Theater is a historic theater and concert venue located in Lawrence, Kansas.

[edit] History

The Granada Theater was originally built in 1928 as a vaudeville theater in Lawrence, Kansas by the Boller Brothers. It was rennovated in 1934 as a movie theater. The first film showed there was Robert Montgomery's 1934 comedy Hide-Out.^[1]

The theater was rennovated again in 1993 and repurposed as a comedy club/concert venue, drawing acts such as Smashing Pumpkins, Ben Folds, The Flaming Lips and Weezer.^[2] [[ It was deemed a Kansas City, Kansas Historic Landmark on July 31, 1986.

In 2005, Kansas City band The Get Up Kids recorded their live album Live! @ The Granada Theater at the Granada.