Guadalupe Approves Contract For Royal Theater Revitalization
GUADALUPE, Calif. (KEYT) – Guadalupe’s historic Royal Theater is in for a royal makeover, which will get its start before this year comes to a close.
The Royal Theater has stood in downtown Guadalupe for 85 years, having historically shown films that catered to both the Japanese and Hispanic communities, as well as some mainstream content during the 1980s and 1990s.
After a remodel in the late nineties, it closed and has been unused ever since.
In 2001 it was designated a National Historic Place, awaiting the city’s long-planned revitalization project.
Now in 2025, hands have been shaken and a contract has been signed with PreCon Industries, Inc.
A formal groundbreaking ceremony is set for december.
“We have about 12 different restaurants in town,” says Ariston D. Julian, Mayor Of Guadalupe. “The buildings were built in the early 1900s. So we do not want to destroy the nature of what we have in the downtown area. We're looking forward to making sure that this community is thriving based on what we have here with the Royal Theater.”
While this is a big green light for the Royal, a capital campaign is underway to fill a $2 million budget shortfall.
City leaders hope to be finished with the revitalization and ready to reopen its doors in the spring of 2027.
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