Rialto Theater Center

 Welcome to the"new" Rialto Theater Center!

The Journey

In 1996, when the historic 1920 Rialto Theater was restored and reopened as a performing arts facility, it was called the Rialto Theater Center. When the City of Loveland took responsibility for the theater in 1998, the name was shortened to “Rialto Theater,” to better reflect what was offered in the building. With this stunning new addition, it is time to return to the Rialto Theater Center name. This historic landmark is truly a center now…located in the heart of downtown and the center of events and opportunities for the Loveland community.

The Rialto Theater Center was an amazing cooperative project between the City of Loveland; a private developer, Rialto Bridge, LLC and the philanthropic Community Foundation of Northern Colorado. Design team meetings began in March, 2010. On April 19, 2011 Loveland’s City Council approved the city’s participation in the project. The groundbreaking was held on June 1, 2011 and the Rialto Theater Center received its Certificate of Occupancy on February 29, 2012.

The public side of the new building provides expanded storage, workshop and dressing room space for the theater as well as a rentable community room, reception area and conference room. The private sector side of the addition includes leasable third floor office space and first floor restaurant space.

So many organizations and individuals in this community helped make the Rialto Theater Center dream a reality. Our special thanks to:

-Community Foundation of Northern Colorado – Loveland Community Fund
     Boettcher Foundation
     Bruce and Muriel Hach
     Home State Bank
     Kroh Charitable Trust
     McWhinney Foundation
     Lis and Earl Sethre
-The Rialto Theater Guild
     Carol McMurry & Patrick Spieles
     Rose Anne Wheeler
     The Loveland Choral Society
-Rialto Bridge, LLC/Troy Peterson