Historic cinema set to reopen in Denver after crucial approval

The historic Yates Theater could soon flicker back to life.

Denver’s Board of Adjustment gave a critical approval on Monday for a plan to reopen the theater as a new independent cinema in the Berkeley neighborhood.

The Yates Theater was built in 1926 and has sat empty for decades. Husband-and-wife team Macy Lao and Kyle Hagan recently signed a 10-year lease for the building, hoping to reopen it as a 300-seat theater to screen classic and second-run movies, with a bar and lounge in the front…

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