In 1961 Tirado was President of the Spanish Pictures Exhibitors Association representing 300 movie theaters in the United States.
[2] Besides popular films from the Mexican Cinema, singers and theatrical acts frequented the stage.
[3] The Azteca Theater is a 2-story brick masonry building constructed in a late Art Deco style.
[1] A statue of Bruce Lee stands in the lobby, a hint of the fact that the theater would also play kung-fu movies.
[2] The wooden organ pipes that were part of the theater are now on display on the walls of the next door bar, A Love letter to Fresno.