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| Phoenix | Vista Theatre (*») |
| | 636 seats |
| Scottsdale | Kachina Theatre |
| | Two DP70 (1980 (base 6358)+1981(base 6359)). Removed by BLSI June 1999. Re-installed at Camelot Theatre, Palm Springs. |
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| Aurora | Cooper 5 |
| | One DP70 (1410). Closed Summer 1999. DP70 to Rich Vincent (Denver (CO)) |
| Boulder | Village Theatre |
| | One DP70. Now closed. Had a pair of Century JJ’s. 1 in theatre #1 and the second one was in theatre 2. The only 70MM they played was “Hoffa”. John Templeton, 03.06.2009 |
| Colorado Springs | Academy Station |
| | One DP70 |
| Colorado Springs | Cinema 70 |
| | DP70s sold to theatre operator in Cheyenne, Wyoming early 2000. |
| Denver | Aladdin |
| | Two DP70s sent to the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Could have been 2256 and 2259 |
| Denver | Center Theatre (*»P) |
| | Two DP70s sent to the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Could have been 752 and 754 |
| Denver | The Continental Theatre |
| | One DP70 (2312) |
| Denver | Cooper Theatre |
| | DP70s sold to theatre operator in Cheyenne, Wyoming early 2000. |
| Denver | Cooper 5 |
| | One DP70 from North Star Drive. DP70 later sold to theatre operator in Cheyenne, Wyoming early 2000. |
| Denver | Cooper 6 |
| | One DP70 from North Star Drive. DP70s sold to theatre operator in Cheyenne, Wyoming early 2000. |
| Denver | Continental (P) |
| | One DP70 (2312). An original D-150 theatre around which 4 smaller auditoriums have been added. A photo can be seen at www.film-tech.com. Both Norelcos removed 2001 (sitting away from ports for removal) from service completely. No lamphouses installed. Awaiting removal from building altogether. |
| Denver | Denham (*) / Ben Hur Theatre (*) |
| | Two DP70. Face lifted for 250.000 dollars in late 1960 under supervision of architect Richard Crowther. Reopened with "Ben Hur". Seats reduced from 1585 to 810. New Walker screen 54 x 25 ft.
"Oklahoma!" opened in Denver mid October 1956. Theatre unknown.
The reference to the "Ben Hur" Theatre in Denver, Colorado, with 70mm projectors, this theatre was actually called the Denham. When "Ben Hur" was playing there, they took down the Denham marquee sign and replaced it with a "Ben Hur" sign. Since the film played there for some time, the sign was left in place, however if memory serves at the end of the run, the original name Denham was again restored on the building. Quite a few of the first run musicals played at the Denham and it was one of the better examples of a period art deco theatre as I recall. I believe the original building was torn down to make way for one of the local hotels or multi-story office buildings, but it was located near the downtown area around 18th and Broadway or somewhere in that vicinity. Probably the Colorado Historical Society would have more accurate information on the location and history of the building. Bob Amick, 29.09.2006 |
| Denver | East 70 Drive In |
| | Two DP70. One of these projectors ended up at the Festival-6. |
| Denver | Festival 6 |
| | One DP70. Machine came from Century 21 Theatre |
| Denver | North Star Drive in |
| | Two DP70. 1600 cars. Screen 135 x 60 ft. Jet arc lamps. One DP70 moved to the Cooper 5 Theatre (Aurora) and the other on was moved to the Cooper 6.
I was the Operator at the North Star when these machines were moved, it was done during May of 1983. Also the screen size was 140' wide, the tower stood 90' high The drive In held between 2000 & 2500 cars. John Templeton, 23.02.2004 |
| Denver | Rich Vincent (p) |
| | One DP70 (1410) came out of the Cooper 5 Theatre when it closed summer 1999. An earlier model as it has the switch to convert from 30fps to 24 fps. number of the pedestal is #59-200. |
| Littleton | Cooper 7 |
| | DP70 sold to theatre operator in Texas. |
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| Minneapolis | Manns Academy Theatre (»*) |
| | 900 seats. Architect Seeman Kaplan restored and installed Todd-AO in this cinema wich reopened in July 1957. Showed only 70mm features from reopening until mid 1961 |
| Minneapolis | Century Theatre (*) |
| | Opened 26.04.1954 as 11th 3-strip Cinerama theatre. 1120 seats. DP70 for "Can Can" 14.06.1960. Demolished 1963 |
| Minneapolis | Hights Theatre |
| |  Two DP70 (2453+2455) from Glenwood Theatre, Kansas City.
Image from Heights' homepage
The Heights currently runs two DP70's; one from Glenwood (nicknamed Glenn)
and one from the former Shelard Park Theatre (a.k.a Shelly). Steve Scott, 06.02.2006 |
| Minneapolis | Mann (*) |
| | Originally built in twenties by Pantages. Reopened 16.03.1961 as third 70mm house in Minneapolis with "Spartacus" in 70mm. Screen 40 x 20 ft. Two DP70 with extreeme downward projection angle each with two motors, ISCO 70mm lenses and Ashcraft Cinex Special 35/70 lamps. Screen curve could be changed. 6 x 40-watt power amps. Relaxing furniture of contemporary Danish design was used in all lounges. The costs were 350.000 dollars. |
| Minneapolis | Terrace Theatre |
| | One DP70. 1300 seats, built 1951 (unsure when the DP70 was installed). The Terrace closed in 2000 after being owned by Classic Cinemas of Minnesota and
Carmike. The DP70 (nicknamed Terry) was in very poor shape & now has a home in the Heights' basement. Steve Scott, 06.02.2006 |
| St. Louis Park | The Shelard Park theatre, #1 auditorium |
| | One DP70. opened in the 1980's, closed in 2000 under General Cinema. The Heights took ownership of it afterwards. Steve Scott, 06.02.2006 |
| St. Louis Park | St. Anthony Main Theatre, #1 |
| | One DP70. Installed in 1984 by United Artists. It was mated with a Xenex lamphouse and SPECO 35/70 platter. It was removed, in poor condition in May 1999, and was replaced with an XL for "Episode I" by Reading Entertainment of New York. This machine (nicknamed Tony) now sits in the basement of the Heights. Steve Scott, 06.02.2006 |
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| Salt Lake City | Villa Theatre (*») |
| |  One DP70 (672 or 1079) with base no 4272. Closed. 3-strip Cinerama. 1300 seats.
Image by Mark Guldbrandsen |
| Salt Lake City | Cotton Wood Mall |
| | One DP70 with base no 4275. Cinema closed. Machine removed to a storage building in Pocatello, Idaho |
| Salt Lake City | Mark Guldbrandsen (private) |
| | One DP70 (2044) from the Seattle Cinerama Theatre. Base number is 6630
One interesting feature on my machine is that the 70mm gate has been retrofitted with a Century 70mm curved gate runner and is set up for using "Cinefocus". The Century Cinefocus system applied just slightly positive air pressure to the film from an outboard blower to keep it from rapidly fluttering when the heat from large arc lamps would hit the film. Mark Guldbrandsen. |
| Salt Lake City | CLACO Equipment And Service, In storage |
|  27 DP70 (607, 719, 741, 742, 807, 856, 890, 891, 938, 942, 944, 953, 954, 967, 1330, 1337, 1378, 1639, 1665, 1953, 1954, 2220, 2234, 2418, 2474, 2484) bought from International Cinema Equipment Company/Steven Krams/Florida spring 2003. |
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| Casper | America Theatre (P) |
| | One DP70 (2421) and base #1084. Machine came from Mann Theatres warehouse LA. Theatre opened 1920. DP70 Installed October 1989 for "Lawrence of Arabia". Played the 70mm blow-ups from 1989 until there were no more. Played "Titanic" in DTS-70mm May 1998. 5 bi-amplified screen channels, JBL speakers, all QSC amplifiers, currently equipped with DTS, SDDS 8 channel, plus DTS-ES extended surround. Subwoofers are two of the Cerwin Vega monsters for Sennsurround. |
| Casper | Bijou, Inc |
| Aaron Sisemore/Cinema West Theatres
Five DP70 (2172 [6433], 2173 [6434], 2356 [6602], 2361 [6606]) and Plate removed (Base 59-161) from Aaron Sisemore in April 2004 |
| Casper | Fox Triplex Theatres #1 (P) |
| | One DP70. Projector plate number removed, base 6499, came from Cinevision screening room, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. QSC amps, 3 Electro Voice stage speakers. Theatres #1 and #2 played "Titanic" in DTS-70mm in July 1998. Complex has one each DTS, SDDS and Dolby Digital. Processors are rotated among all three screens. Theatre opened May 1998. |
| Casper | Fox Triplex Theatres #2 (P) |
| | One DP70. Projector plate number removed, base 6410, came from Cinevision screening room. QSC amps, 3 bi-amped EAW 3-way speakers, two smaller Sennsurround subwoofers. |
| Casper | Fox Triplex Theatres #3 (P) |
| | One DP70 (2420), base 1086, same sound as #1). |
| Casper | Iris Stadium #1 |
| | One DP70 (2228) with base 6636. SDDS 8 track, DTS, DTS 70mm, DTS-ES, 6 track mag with SR. Set for 70mm. Theatre opened May 25, 2001. Jaxlight conversion in each optical soundhead, along with new light pipes and the new Todd-AO narrow slit mask. Optical sound is very impressive, but rarely used. Theatres 1-4 are biamplified. Theatre one has five stage channels. Only house one is set up for mag. Any of the DTS houses can play DTS-70, as we have 70mm platter conversion kits and a DTS-70 reader. However, only house one has a lensfor 70mm. The bottom masking in house one lowers for 70mm product, image width is the same as 35mm scope. |
| Casper | Iris Stadium #2 |
| | One DP70 (2491) with base 59-216. SDDS 6 track, DTS |
| Casper | Iris Stadium #3 |
| | One DP70 (2179) with base 6397. Dolby Digital DA-20 with Cat 700 reader |
| Casper | Iris Stadium #4 |
| | One DP70 (2145) with base 6431. DTS |
| Casper | Iris Stadium #5 |
| | One DP70 (2460) with base 6637. SDDS 6-track |
| Casper | Iris Stadium #6 |
| | One DP70 (2227) with base 6652. DTS |
| Casper | Iris Stadium #7 |
| | One DP70 (1944) with base 59-xxx (numbers defaced). Dolby Digital DA-20 with Cat 700 reader |
| Casper | Iris Stadium #8 |
| | One DP70 (2459) with base 6432. Dolby Digital DA-20 with Cat 700 reader |
| Casper | Rialto Theatre (P) |
| | One DP70 (2396) and base #6621 installed October 1998. Projector came from Cedar Falls, Iowa. Has only played 35mm. 3 bi-amplified screen channels, JBL speakers, all QSC amplifiers, currently equipped with DTS, SDDS 6 channel. One Senssurround subwoofer. (Theatre opened 1922) |
| Cheyenne | Lincoln Theatre |
| | One DP70 (2410) base 6622 came from Cedar Falls, Iowa, installed October 1998 (downstairs auditorium). Has only played 35mm. 3 bi-amplified screen channels Electro Voice speakers, all QSC amplifiers, equipped with SDDS 6 channel. Two Sennsurround subwoofers. (Theatre opened 1926, balcony theatre added February 1999.) |
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