Broomfield group filling niche for Spanish-language movies

BROOMFIELD — When he had a visiting friend who wanted to see a newly released Spanish movie, Jared Polis was surprised that there weren’t any Spanish-language movie theaters in the Denver metro area.

“I was even more surprised when I looked into other cities and found that there were no multiscreen first-run Spanish movie theaters anywhere in the United States.”

Recognizing that there was a niche to be filled, Polis founded Broomfield-based Sonora Entertainment Group and opened the area’s first Latino Cinema in 2001 in Aurora.

In the two years since, Sonora has done so well that it not only has renovated and…