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The legendary Kansas City venue opened on Thanksgiving 1927 to a crowd of 4,000 patrons who came out to dance to the sounds of the Jean Goldkette Orchestra. 1 The Pla-Mor was home to more than music, and the complex claimed to be the largest indoor amusement center in the country in the 1920s, offering a bowling alley and billiards room ...
The Pla-Mor Ballroom was a multi-purpose event center in Kansas City, Missouri, at 3142 Main Street, directly south of the Union Hill neighborhood. The venue was primarily a music hall used most often for jazz performances but also contained a bowling alley , swimming pool, ballroom , billiard hall and adjacent ice rink .
27 maj 2013 · But the star attraction was the ballroom, which boasted a 14,000 square foot dance floor on top of 7000 springs that could flex up to a quarter inch, accommodating 3000 people. It was the Pla-Mor that brought Andy Kirk and his Twelve Clouds of Joy to Kansas City.
29 kwi 2021 · On Nov. 19, 1927, The Kansas City Times reported that “Kansas City’s first pretentious ballroom” would open at 3142 Main St. a week later on Thanksgiving night. It was Pla-Mor’s second phase, bowling lanes having opened in September.
On the evening of November 24, 1927, the Pla-Mor Ballroom opened at 3142 Main Street to a crowd of 4,100 who reveled at its unprecedented size and modern style.
25 kwi 2021 · Opening night at the Pla-Mor Ballroom attracted 4,100 people who were dazzled by a 14,000-square-foot dance floor supported by 7,800 comfort-inducing springs, with two massive chandeliers that...
Located at 31st and Gillham Streets, El Torreon Ballroom opened in 1927 and closed in 1934, due largely to the economic conditions of the Great Depression. The ballroom was converted to a roller rink from 1937 until the 1960s and reopened for live music performances in 1971 as the Cowtown Ballroom.
