High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Boyd Theatre is a 1920s era movie palace in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It operated as a movie theater for 74 years, operating under the name Sameric as part of the United Artists theater chain, before closing in 2002. The theater is the last of its kind in downtown Philadelphia, a remnant of an era of theaters and movie palaces that stretched along Market and Chestnut Streets. The theater was recently purchased by Live Nation and plans have been announced to restore the theater to its former glory and to develop adjacent parcels into retail and hotel offerings.