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There was a nice, old, circa '1920s movie theatre in Dallas called the Arcadia that burned down in 2006.
It was a big dance club in it's last days, but in the '80s it was used for rock concerts.
I mixed F.O.H. for quite a few bands there, but I also recorded L.A. Guns and Danzig with a remote truck in '88.
My good friend was able to use the space to track a band as well in about 1989.
There was a full orchestra pit which led to an area that was directly below the stage where he set up his rig.
Anthrax also did a live recording there that was nominated for a Grammy.
It was great sounding room!
In the late '80s there was also a theatre I looked at as a location for a studio in Garland, Texas.
Ironically, it is right across the street from where the two guys got murdered last summer as they left their studio.
It is a great, smaller theatre called "The Opry" but when I was looking at it the ceiling over the stage was leaking badly.
The owner of the property didn't want to put any money into it in order for me to lease it, so I dropped the idea.
About ten years ago someone bought the place and re-opened it as a C&W concert venue.
It had also been used as a concert venue back in the '70s and early '80s and my wife performed there several times as did Leanne Rimes when she was little kid
The real problem with a theatre is the up-keep on such a HUGE space....
read: HVAC requirements equal huge electrical bill
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