The 425-seat theater opened in 1928 at the height of the fashion for thematically-designed cinemas.

The Egyptian is notable as one of the first locations for a promotion devised by 20th Century Fox regional manager, Charles Yeager, during the 1930s when business was poor in the small Colorado theaters he managed.

Yeager's pilot program in Colorado was expanded so that by 1936 the promotion was in use at 4000 cinemas in the United States.

[3] In September 2023 the film Cinemortal (2024) was shot at the Delta Egyptian Theater.

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