Sun Theater Expansion Begins

By Grace Maloley

The Holdrege Sun Theater is expanding into space south of its current location to accommodate more guests and a second movie screen.

“One of the biggest reasons we decided to pursue the expansion is to really open up the opportunity for our guests to have movie options,” said Jaimee Anderson, Director of Operations for Adjacent Properties, who is facilitating the expansion. “We want to offer some additional movies and entertainment types to the community and host a lot of events, but to host the events, we would have to shut down the movie for the night. With this expansion, we would be able to have the separate spaces.”

This expansion will create more room for the theater to host graduation and birthday parties, as well as other community events. It will boast a retractable movie screen with comfortable, individual seating, and a kitchenette and bar area for hosting.

“It’s kind of cool to have one space for a smaller, more intimate feel, and one space with traditional movie theater seating,” Anderson said. “You will be seeing movies that have been out for a week or two in this space to free up the main theater for those bigger showtimes.”

Demolition on the project has already started, and the expansion is expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

“We want to preserve the beauty of the building, so we are being very delicate with the process,” Anderson said. “We have wanted to do this for years, and it finally makes sense to, thanks to some great community support in 2024.”