Sans Souci Theatre (Downtown)

Although the Nickelodeon and Electric Theatres opened before the Sans Souci, the Sans Souci Theatre is considered to be Tampa's first truly successful motion picture house. Opened by Burgert & Ratliff on July 22, 1907 at 116 Lafayette, the Sans Souci was only in operation for 14 months (July 1907 to September 1908), but it put Tampa on the "movie" theatre map.

July 23, 1907