1930 Art Deco landmark in downtown Green Bay featured on the city's ghost tour
117 S. Washington St., Green Bay, WI 54301
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages (varies by performance)
Cost
$$
Performance tickets vary by show; ghost tour tickets purchased separately through US Ghost Adventures.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Downtown theater with paved access
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1930 · Art Deco Architecture · Green Bay Entertainment History · Downtown Revitalization
The Meyer Theatre opened in 1930 in downtown Green Bay, designed in the Art Deco style that defined theater architecture of the era. The building's Washington Street address placed it at the center of Green Bay's commercial and entertainment district, and it served as a principal venue for film and live performance through the mid-twentieth century.
The theater's interior retains significant Art Deco detailing — decorative plasterwork, period lighting fixtures, and a proscenium that reflects the architectural ambitions of 1930s commercial construction in Wisconsin's northeastern corridor. After years of varying use, the building was restored and reactivated as a live performance venue.
Today the Meyer Theatre operates as an active performing arts venue presenting concerts, comedy, and regional productions. Its location makes it one of the more visited buildings in downtown Green Bay, and its combination of documented history and active programming has drawn attention from tour operators cataloguing the city's haunted landmarks.
The Green Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau has listed the theater among downtown venues with documented paranormal reputations, and US Ghost Adventures includes it as a stop where tour participants enter the building.
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The Meyer Theatre's paranormal reputation rests primarily on its inclusion in Green Bay's organized ghost tour circuit. US Ghost Adventures, which operates ticketed walking tours of downtown Green Bay, lists the Meyer Theatre as a stop where participants enter the building rather than passing by — a distinction that indicates documented interior accounts rather than streetside lore.
The Green Bay CVB blog named the theater among 'spooky spots' on ghost-themed tours, grouping it with Captain's Walk Winery and St. Brendan's Inn as downtown venues with maintained paranormal profiles. Specific phenomena reported by past tour participants include unexplained sounds in the upper seating sections, temperature fluctuations near the stage, and occasional visual disturbances during after-hours events.
The theater's long continuous use — from the 1930s through the present — means its reported activity does not cluster around a single historical incident. Tour guides typically frame the accounts around the cumulative occupancy of the space rather than a discrete event.
The US Ghost Adventures Green Bay Ghost Tour includes an indoor stop at the Meyer Theatre, where guides recount the building's paranormal history alongside its art deco architecture. Tours depart from downtown and visit multiple stops.
The Meyer Theatre operates as an active performing arts venue with concerts, comedy, and theatrical productions year-round in its restored 1930 Art Deco interior.
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