Located at 416 North 9th Street in St. Louis, the Roberts Orpheum Theater is a Beaux Arts-style venue built in 1917. Constructed by local millionaire Louis A. Cella and designed by architect Albert Lansburgh, the theater opened on Labor Day 1917 as a vaudeville house. During the 1930s, it was sold to Warner Brothers and served as a movie theater until it closed in the 1960s.
In the 1970s, the theater was restored and renamed the American Theater, eventually being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. In 1993, the rock band Phish performed two concerts at the venue in April and August, which were later released on their 2017 live album St. Louis '93.
After being renamed the Roberts Orpheum Theater by local businessmen Michael and Steve Roberts, the venue was sold in 2012 and closed. In 2017, the building was purchased by the Jubilee Group, and the Chicago developer UrbanStreet Group plans to restore the theater.
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