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State Theater (Youngstown, Ohio)

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which showed films until the early 1970s and later became a popular night club establishment catering to major rock 'n' roll acts of the 1970s and '80s. The theater opened in 1927 at 213 Federal Plaza West and exhibited films until closing as a movie house in the early 1970s. On October 20, 1974, a
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name from 1984 until early '86 before being bought by a group interested in turning the theater into a showcase for R&B, blues, jazz, hip-hop and soul groups in late 1986. The venue struggled under the
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first gig outside of the New York City metro area on July 20, 1976. This was also the gig where Joey Ramone was introduced to future members of the
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name and closed for good in late 1988. The State Theater remained vacant until it was demolished in 2008. Only the facade remains.
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name in May 1983, but it closed abruptly again in July 1983. The theater booked heavy metal and hard rock acts under the
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continued to book popular rock acts until it closed on July 23, 1982. It reopened under the
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opened in the old theater. Under the Tomorrow Club name, the venue hosted such bands as
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who later moved to New York City to set up shop as the house band at
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Steel Strings: A Youngstown rock history retrospective
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Index


Federal Plaza West
Youngstown
Ohio
United States
Coordinates
41°6′4.09″N 80°39′7.96″W / 41.1011361°N 80.6522111°W / 41.1011361; -80.6522111
Concert hall
Rock
Capacity
Youngstown, Ohio
AC/DC
KISS
Rush
Ted Nugent
The Ramones
The Runaways
The Ramones'
Dead Boys
CBGB
"State Theater in Youngstown, OH"
"Tomorrow Club: 10-20-74 to 12-22-78"
"All the kids want to sniff some glue"
ISBN
0-87338-691-4
"Youngstown Agora: 12-31-78 to 7-23-82"
"Doors closed at Agora Club"
"The ill-fated State Theater and Civic Center"
"Starr Palace and the end of the line"
"State Theatre razing on track, officials say"

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