Portland Monthly on the State Theatre

Portland Magazine looks into the situation with the State Theatre. And no, it is not encouraging.

"Its decline from grand-dame cinema status to that of a smut-film street mistress and the rocky road to its current dormancy is one of the more tragic stories rattling its chains along Congress Street. Built in 1929, it operated as a first-run movie house until the 1960s, when it became a porn theater, closing in 1989."
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"Promoter Lauren Wayne, who presented countless concerts here for producer Live Nation, confidently states, 'In order for the State to be successful you need to have three things: money, an astute business sense, and a working knowledge of concert promotion and marketing. If you only have one or two of those things, you’re going to fail. You need all three.'”

- tip Hillytown