Architects of the theatre were Jacob L. Gottfried and Genaro Garcia, Jr. of Gottfried & Garcia Architects of Tampa. The broader complex encompassing the cinema in early stages appears to have been executed by architect Harry A. MacWen.
This venue opened as Loew’s Westchester Theatre with Manager Peter Graybill and an opening ceremony followed Peter O'Toole in “Night of the Generals” on February 17, 1967. Graybill would move on to open the Loews Lauderhill in June of 1967 with Butch Payack taking over the Westchester.
On May 30, 1972, Loews sold all of its theatres in Florida to General Cinema Corp. (GCC) effective June 15, 1972. The venue became the GCC Westchester Cinema. On October 9th, 1974, the venue was twinned becoming the Westchester Cinema I & II. But by the 1980s, GCC was eschewing old twins in favor of multiplexes.
The theater was subtly retitled briefly as the GCC Westchester 2 used for the venue’s final stretch when it was downgraded to a discount, sub-run house with all seats and all times for $1.50. It closed on March 19, 1989 with “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” and “Tequila Sunrise” coinciding with the 10-screen Miracle Center that had just opened that weekend. The venue was quickly boarded up and the outside attractor covered. The building has since been razed.
This location closed as the Regal Boynton 8 Cinemas on March 28, 2004 at the end of a leasing period. The final films were “Passion of Christ,” “Starsky & Hutch,” “Secret Window,” “Hidalgo,” “Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London,” “Taking Lives” and “Dawn of the Dead.” Not long after the closing appeared a construction plan that would replace the former theatre.
The Loews Inverrary Triplex Theatres opened on December 19, 1976 with “King Kong” and “The Marquise of O.” In May of 1980, Loews moved on and the venue became the Inverrary Cinema 3. In December of 1990, it was renamed the Inverrary Cinemas 4. That venue closed January 4, 1994. Ten days later it was damaged by fire.
It was relaunched under the Sun Vista circuit on July 4, 1994 as Sun Vista’s Inverrary Cinemas, a discount sub-run house. Sun Vista moved on August 13, 1995. The venue reopenied as a five-plex with a Grand Reopening on November 22, 1995 as the Santray Inverrary Theatre 5 now playing first-run movies until April 6, 2000.
The venue reopened January 1, 2001 under new operators as the Inverrary Cinema 5. It closed after just one month. No further listings appear thereafter.
Lakes Mall opened November 30, 1972 and AMC had signed on to be in the center in 1972. The architect was Lloyd Frank Vann of Miami and the AMC was opened June 29, 1973. But the Lakes Mall ran into severe rouble in the 1980s during an economic downturn and retailers fleeing the center at 15-year opt outs on their leases.
The Lakes had already reached “greyscale status” 15 years after its launch - a term akin to a “dead mall.” AMC downgraded the venue to a sub-run discount house. The AMC Lakes Mall 6 went down offering all times and all shows for a buck. It closed with “I’m Gonna Get You, Sucka,” “Major League,” “Lean on Me,” “Police Academy 6: City Under Siege,” “Rainman,” and “Disorganized Crime” on May 13, 1989. The Mall, itself, drifted badly being declared unsafe as of April 1990 operating more as a strip center. It was mercifully torn down in 1996 taking the former AMC theatre with it.
The Margate Twin Cinema closed at the expiry of a 20-year leasing agreement on November 18, 1993 with “In the Line of Fire” splitting a screen with “The Firm” and “Striking Distance” splitting with “Sleepless in Seattle.”
This venue opened as the Coconut Creek Cinema ‘n’ Drafthouse on October 11, 1991 with Kevin Costner in “Robin Hood” and Leslie Nielsen in “The Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear.” The last advertised shows were on March 14, 1996 with Bruce Willis in “12 Monkeys,‘ Pierce Brosnan in "GoldenEye,” and Steve Martin in “Father of the Bride 2.” It closed under the same name of the Coconut Creek Cinema 'n’ Drafthouse
The fledgling Atlanta-based start-up Value Cinemas and William Stembler had launched its first Florida budget theatre in February of 1989 in North Fort Lauderdale. Value Cinemas established a Florida unit adding this location as a conversion officially in Atlantis Plaza II - the sequel to the neighboring and original Atlantis Plaza. The project was handled by Pound Construction Company in 1990.
The Value Cinemas of Atlantis Plaza six-plex launched November 15, 1990 with “My Blue Heaven,” “Dick Tracy,” “Problem Child,” “Darkman,” “Witches of Eastwick,” “Pretty Woman,” “Flatliners,” and “Presumed Innocent.” In July of 1998, the venue was taken on by GTC under the name of GTC Value Cinemas of Atlantis Plaza. It is presumed that this was a year-to-year subleasing agreement - though not certain - that apparently ended July 14, 1998.
The venue is renamed the Value Cinema of Atlantis and closed following showtimes of June 25, 2000 in a dispute with the shopping complex’s owner. Future showtimes listed in the newspaper were not screened. Final titles were “Erin Brockovich,” “Mission to Mars,” “Price of Glory,” “The Road to El Dorado,” “Romeo Must Die.” “Snow Day” and “Walt Disney’s The Tigger Movie.”
The Tam O'Shanter Shopping Center launched theatre-less. The fledgling Atlanta-based start-up Value Cinemas and William Stembler took on a former hardware store in the Tam O'Shanter plaza and spent $500,000 to convert it to the Value Cinemas 6. The cinema had marble floors and a self-serve concession stand operating as a sub-run discount house. It launched on February 25, 1989 with “Physical Evidence,” “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” “My Stepmother is an Alien,” “Land Before Time,” “Tequila Sunrise,” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”
Value Cinemas established a Florida unit adding a location in Lantana, Florida, as well, in 1990. Price points ranged from 99 cents to $1.50 with $1 being the opening day price. The North Fort Lauderdale venue closed at the expiry of a ten-year lease on March 4, 1999 with “Mighty Joe Young,” “Rugrats,” “Enemy of the State,” “Pleasantville,” “Star Trek: Insurrection,” and “The Waterboy.” The Lantana Value Cinema closed in early Summer of 2000.
The Silver Screen Cinema Café launched April 5, 1996 with “Babe,” “Jumanji,” and “Bridges of Madison County.” The independently-run venue closed as the Silver Screen Cinema Café (and Comedy Club) on February 26, 2009 at the end of a leasing month with “Bolt,” and “Marley and Me” splitting with “Seven Pounds” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”
UA dropped its Movies at Magnate venue late in 1993. It was taken over by Movies, Inc. (aka MI Theatres) which rebranded it as Movies 8 Margate Dollar Cinema beginning on November 19, 1993 operating as a sub-run discount house. In April of 1997, Silver Cinemas took on the venue operating it as Silver Cinemas Movies 8 Margate and continuing as a sub-run discount house. The Silver Cinemas Movies 8 closed permanently on April 4, 2000.
The Loehmann Plaza Cinema closed “temporarily” following April 6, 1995 showtimes of “Shawshank Redemption,” “The Last Seduction,” and “Higher Learning.” By the 2020s, even die hard fans of the venue were beginning to give up hope of a grand reopening.
Regal launched here on November 15, 1996. Just after its first year of operation, the Regal Middleburg had protesters as one of ten cities in which labor unions picketed Regal’s business practices. The theatre soldiered on all the way until being shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic along with most of the theaters in North America on March 16, 2020. Regal reopened here on August 21, 2020 but closing soon thereafter on October 8, 2020 when the circuit once again shut down operations worldwide.
Regal reopened the Middleburg Town Square on May 21, 2021. However, it closed permanently following showtimes on September 14, 2022 with the company’s parent, Cineworld, in its latest round of bankruptcy protection. It was one of 20 locations approved by a bankruptcy judge allowing the venue to break leases as it was unable to pay all of its September leasing due to liquidity problems.
Yes, of course. The 20 leases that Regal can now bail on are:
California:
Regal Edwards Anaheim Hills 14 - 8030 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road - Anaheim Hills (closed 9/14/22)
Regal UA Broadway Faire Stadium 10 - 3351 W. Shaw Ave. in Fresno (closed 9/14/22);
Regal Edwards Grand Palace Stadium 6 - 4767 Commons Way in Calabasas (continuing past 9/14);
Regal Crow Canyon - 2525 San Ramon Valley Blvd. in San Ramon (closed 9/14/22);
Regal Edwards Westpark - 3735 Alton Parkway in Irvine (closed 9/14/22);
Connecticut:
Regal Brass Mill 495 Union St. in Waterbury (open past 9/14);
Regal Stonington 10 85 Voluntown Road in Pawcatuck (open past 9/14);
Florida:
Regal Cypress Creek Station 16, 6415 N. Andrews Ave. in Fort Lauderdale (open past 9/14);
Regal River City Marketplace Stadium 14 12884 City Center Blvd. in Jacksonville (closed 8/25/22)
Michigan:
Regal Lansing Mall Stadium 12 & RPX - 5330 West Saginaw Highway in Lansing (open past 9/14)
Missouri:
Regal Gravois Bluffs Stadium 12 - 754 Gravois Bluffs Blvd. in Fenton (open past 9/14)
Nevada:
Regal Colonnade Stadium 14 - 8880 South Eastern Ave. in Las Vegas (closed 9/14/22);
North Carolina:
Regal Greenville Grande Stadium 14 - 750 SW Greenville Blvd. in Greenville (closed 9/14/22);
Ohio:
Regal Middleburg Town Square Stadium 16 - 18348 Bagley Road in Cleveland (closed 9/14/22);
Pennsylvania:
Regal Richland Crossing 12 - 185 North West End Blvd. in Quakertown (closed 9/14/22);
Texas:
Regal UA Amarillo Star Stadium 14 - 8275 Amarillo Blvd. W in Amarillo (closed 9/14/22);
Regal Arbor @ Great Hills 9828 Great Hills Trail in Austin (open past 9/14);
Regal Edwards West Oaks Mall 700 West Oaks Mall in Houston (open past 9/14);
Washington (State):
Regal Parkway Plaza 5910 South 180th St. in Tukwila (closed 9/14/22)
The locations that opened past 9/14 would likely be closed permanently on September 25 or September 28/29th and presumably had leases cleared for the month.There is little to no chance of any further operations at these locations.
If you have gift cards, it might be time to use them. Though open, the theatre was one of 20 theaters approved for lease relief in a bankruptcy maneuver with Regal’s parent in bankruptcy protection. Most closed September 14, 2022 while others - like the Fenton location - continued through the month hoping for a miraculous turnaround. There was little to no chance of operations continuing into October.
Regal closed its Regal Crow Canyon on March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened many locations in September of 2020 though not the Crow Canyon. Regal reopened the Crow Canyon on May 21, 2021. However, it closed permanently following showtimes on September 14, 2022 with the company in its latest round of bankruptcy protection. It was one of 20 locations approved by a bankruptcy judge allowing the venue to break leases as it was unable to pay all of its September leasing due to liquidity problems.
The $5 million, sub-run discount Starplex Irving Cinema 10 opened on March 29, 1996 near the interchange of Texas Highway 183 and Esters Road. Auditorium size ranged from 125 to 450 seats. The theater had DTS, Dolby Digital and SDDS at its opening with wall-to-wall screens.
The theater was the cousin to the Starplex Mesquite which opened four months later. Tickets were $1 before 6 p.m. and $1.50 after 6 p.m. with bargain Tuesdays. Its nearest competition was from the Irving Mall across the highway where two General Cinema theaters on the interior and the sub-run discount AMC Irving 6 was not far from the Mall. The AMC Irving 6 shuttered in May of 1999 which the two smaller General Cinema locations became a single-unit, 14-screen theater taken over by AMC.
In July of 2015, AMC acquired the entire Starplex chain turning the venue first to the AMC Starplex Irving 10 along with the Mesquite. In July of 2017, the Irving venue switched from sub-run, second run fare to first-run discount priced features while the Mesquite cousin stayed sub-run with its 30-screen AMC Mesquite not far away. The Starplex “Snackplex” signage remained in place along with all of the original seating in the auditoriums. The theaters were rebranded as AMC Classic locations - a designation generally given to theaters that were either inherited from other chains (e.g., Carmike and Starplex) and/or were unlikely to receive major auditorium seating upgrades. The Starcade - Starplex’s gaming arcade - was replaced by MacGuffins Bars at both locations.
AMC closed the AMC Classic Irving 10 and Mesquite 10 on March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic along with the rest of the chain. While the Mesquite closed permanently during the closure period, the AMC Classic Irving 10 returned to operations on September 3, 2020.
Regal closed its Parkway Plaza on March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened in September of 2020 but closing soon thereafter on October 8, 2020 when the circuit temporarily shut down operations again worldwide.
Regal reopened the Parkway Plaza in May 21, 2021. However, it closed permanently following showtimes on September 14, 2022 with the company in its latest round of bankruptcy protection. It was one of 20 locations approved by a bankruptcy judge allowing the venue to break leases as it was unable to pay all of its September leasing due to liquidity problems.
(And - very technically - the venue was planned and designed by ACT III Theatres but the circuit was acquired by KKR Theatres in October of 1998 and then combined with United Artists which acquired Regal Entertainment Group Corp. operating under the Regal nameplate. This theatre opened as the Parkway Plaza Stadium 12 by Regal on July 16, 1999.)
If you have gift cards, it might be time to use them. Though open, the theatre was one of 20 theaters approved for lease relief in a bankruptcy maneuver with Regal’s parent in bankruptcy protection. Most closed September 14, 2022 while others - like the West Oaks - continued through the month hoping for a miraculous turnaround.
If you have gift cards, it might be time to use them. Though open, the theatre was one of 20 theaters approved for lease relief in a bankruptcy maneuver with Regal’s parent in bankruptcy protection. Most closed September 14, 2022 while others - like the Cypress - continued through the month hoping for a miraculous turnaround.
If you have gift cards, it might be time to use them. Though open, the theatre was one of 20 theaters approved for lease relief in a bankruptcy maneuver with Regal’s parent in bankruptcy protection. Most closed September 14, 2022 while others - like the Brass Mill - continued through the month hoping for a miraculous turnaround.
Architects of the theatre were Jacob L. Gottfried and Genaro Garcia, Jr. of Gottfried & Garcia Architects of Tampa. The broader complex encompassing the cinema in early stages appears to have been executed by architect Harry A. MacWen.
This venue opened as Loew’s Westchester Theatre with Manager Peter Graybill and an opening ceremony followed Peter O'Toole in “Night of the Generals” on February 17, 1967. Graybill would move on to open the Loews Lauderhill in June of 1967 with Butch Payack taking over the Westchester.
On May 30, 1972, Loews sold all of its theatres in Florida to General Cinema Corp. (GCC) effective June 15, 1972. The venue became the GCC Westchester Cinema. On October 9th, 1974, the venue was twinned becoming the Westchester Cinema I & II. But by the 1980s, GCC was eschewing old twins in favor of multiplexes.
The theater was subtly retitled briefly as the GCC Westchester 2 used for the venue’s final stretch when it was downgraded to a discount, sub-run house with all seats and all times for $1.50. It closed on March 19, 1989 with “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” and “Tequila Sunrise” coinciding with the 10-screen Miracle Center that had just opened that weekend. The venue was quickly boarded up and the outside attractor covered. The building has since been razed.
It’s Loews - sorry, those got autocorrected and I missed the second one
This location closed as the Regal Boynton 8 Cinemas on March 28, 2004 at the end of a leasing period. The final films were “Passion of Christ,” “Starsky & Hutch,” “Secret Window,” “Hidalgo,” “Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London,” “Taking Lives” and “Dawn of the Dead.” Not long after the closing appeared a construction plan that would replace the former theatre.
The Loews Inverrary Triplex Theatres opened on December 19, 1976 with “King Kong” and “The Marquise of O.” In May of 1980, Loews moved on and the venue became the Inverrary Cinema 3. In December of 1990, it was renamed the Inverrary Cinemas 4. That venue closed January 4, 1994. Ten days later it was damaged by fire.
It was relaunched under the Sun Vista circuit on July 4, 1994 as Sun Vista’s Inverrary Cinemas, a discount sub-run house. Sun Vista moved on August 13, 1995. The venue reopenied as a five-plex with a Grand Reopening on November 22, 1995 as the Santray Inverrary Theatre 5 now playing first-run movies until April 6, 2000.
The venue reopened January 1, 2001 under new operators as the Inverrary Cinema 5. It closed after just one month. No further listings appear thereafter.
Lakes Mall opened November 30, 1972 and AMC had signed on to be in the center in 1972. The architect was Lloyd Frank Vann of Miami and the AMC was opened June 29, 1973. But the Lakes Mall ran into severe rouble in the 1980s during an economic downturn and retailers fleeing the center at 15-year opt outs on their leases.
The Lakes had already reached “greyscale status” 15 years after its launch - a term akin to a “dead mall.” AMC downgraded the venue to a sub-run discount house. The AMC Lakes Mall 6 went down offering all times and all shows for a buck. It closed with “I’m Gonna Get You, Sucka,” “Major League,” “Lean on Me,” “Police Academy 6: City Under Siege,” “Rainman,” and “Disorganized Crime” on May 13, 1989. The Mall, itself, drifted badly being declared unsafe as of April 1990 operating more as a strip center. It was mercifully torn down in 1996 taking the former AMC theatre with it.
The Margate Twin Cinema closed at the expiry of a 20-year leasing agreement on November 18, 1993 with “In the Line of Fire” splitting a screen with “The Firm” and “Striking Distance” splitting with “Sleepless in Seattle.”
This venue opened as the Coconut Creek Cinema ‘n’ Drafthouse on October 11, 1991 with Kevin Costner in “Robin Hood” and Leslie Nielsen in “The Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear.” The last advertised shows were on March 14, 1996 with Bruce Willis in “12 Monkeys,‘ Pierce Brosnan in "GoldenEye,” and Steve Martin in “Father of the Bride 2.” It closed under the same name of the Coconut Creek Cinema 'n’ Drafthouse
The fledgling Atlanta-based start-up Value Cinemas and William Stembler had launched its first Florida budget theatre in February of 1989 in North Fort Lauderdale. Value Cinemas established a Florida unit adding this location as a conversion officially in Atlantis Plaza II - the sequel to the neighboring and original Atlantis Plaza. The project was handled by Pound Construction Company in 1990.
The Value Cinemas of Atlantis Plaza six-plex launched November 15, 1990 with “My Blue Heaven,” “Dick Tracy,” “Problem Child,” “Darkman,” “Witches of Eastwick,” “Pretty Woman,” “Flatliners,” and “Presumed Innocent.” In July of 1998, the venue was taken on by GTC under the name of GTC Value Cinemas of Atlantis Plaza. It is presumed that this was a year-to-year subleasing agreement - though not certain - that apparently ended July 14, 1998.
The venue is renamed the Value Cinema of Atlantis and closed following showtimes of June 25, 2000 in a dispute with the shopping complex’s owner. Future showtimes listed in the newspaper were not screened. Final titles were “Erin Brockovich,” “Mission to Mars,” “Price of Glory,” “The Road to El Dorado,” “Romeo Must Die.” “Snow Day” and “Walt Disney’s The Tigger Movie.”
The Tam O'Shanter Shopping Center launched theatre-less. The fledgling Atlanta-based start-up Value Cinemas and William Stembler took on a former hardware store in the Tam O'Shanter plaza and spent $500,000 to convert it to the Value Cinemas 6. The cinema had marble floors and a self-serve concession stand operating as a sub-run discount house. It launched on February 25, 1989 with “Physical Evidence,” “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” “My Stepmother is an Alien,” “Land Before Time,” “Tequila Sunrise,” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”
Value Cinemas established a Florida unit adding a location in Lantana, Florida, as well, in 1990. Price points ranged from 99 cents to $1.50 with $1 being the opening day price. The North Fort Lauderdale venue closed at the expiry of a ten-year lease on March 4, 1999 with “Mighty Joe Young,” “Rugrats,” “Enemy of the State,” “Pleasantville,” “Star Trek: Insurrection,” and “The Waterboy.” The Lantana Value Cinema closed in early Summer of 2000.
The Silver Screen Cinema Café launched April 5, 1996 with “Babe,” “Jumanji,” and “Bridges of Madison County.” The independently-run venue closed as the Silver Screen Cinema Café (and Comedy Club) on February 26, 2009 at the end of a leasing month with “Bolt,” and “Marley and Me” splitting with “Seven Pounds” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.”
UA dropped its Movies at Magnate venue late in 1993. It was taken over by Movies, Inc. (aka MI Theatres) which rebranded it as Movies 8 Margate Dollar Cinema beginning on November 19, 1993 operating as a sub-run discount house. In April of 1997, Silver Cinemas took on the venue operating it as Silver Cinemas Movies 8 Margate and continuing as a sub-run discount house. The Silver Cinemas Movies 8 closed permanently on April 4, 2000.
The Loehmann Plaza Cinema closed “temporarily” following April 6, 1995 showtimes of “Shawshank Redemption,” “The Last Seduction,” and “Higher Learning.” By the 2020s, even die hard fans of the venue were beginning to give up hope of a grand reopening.
Regal launched here on November 15, 1996. Just after its first year of operation, the Regal Middleburg had protesters as one of ten cities in which labor unions picketed Regal’s business practices. The theatre soldiered on all the way until being shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic along with most of the theaters in North America on March 16, 2020. Regal reopened here on August 21, 2020 but closing soon thereafter on October 8, 2020 when the circuit once again shut down operations worldwide.
Regal reopened the Middleburg Town Square on May 21, 2021. However, it closed permanently following showtimes on September 14, 2022 with the company’s parent, Cineworld, in its latest round of bankruptcy protection. It was one of 20 locations approved by a bankruptcy judge allowing the venue to break leases as it was unable to pay all of its September leasing due to liquidity problems.
Yes, of course. The 20 leases that Regal can now bail on are:
California:
Regal Edwards Anaheim Hills 14 - 8030 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road - Anaheim Hills (closed 9/14/22)
Regal UA Broadway Faire Stadium 10 - 3351 W. Shaw Ave. in Fresno (closed 9/14/22);
Regal Edwards Grand Palace Stadium 6 - 4767 Commons Way in Calabasas (continuing past 9/14);
Regal Crow Canyon - 2525 San Ramon Valley Blvd. in San Ramon (closed 9/14/22);
Regal Edwards Westpark - 3735 Alton Parkway in Irvine (closed 9/14/22);
Connecticut:
Regal Brass Mill 495 Union St. in Waterbury (open past 9/14);
Regal Stonington 10 85 Voluntown Road in Pawcatuck (open past 9/14);
Florida:
Regal Cypress Creek Station 16, 6415 N. Andrews Ave. in Fort Lauderdale (open past 9/14);
Regal River City Marketplace Stadium 14 12884 City Center Blvd. in Jacksonville (closed 8/25/22)
Michigan:
Regal Lansing Mall Stadium 12 & RPX - 5330 West Saginaw Highway in Lansing (open past 9/14)
Missouri:
Regal Gravois Bluffs Stadium 12 - 754 Gravois Bluffs Blvd. in Fenton (open past 9/14)
Nevada:
Regal Colonnade Stadium 14 - 8880 South Eastern Ave. in Las Vegas (closed 9/14/22);
North Carolina:
Regal Greenville Grande Stadium 14 - 750 SW Greenville Blvd. in Greenville (closed 9/14/22);
Ohio:
Regal Middleburg Town Square Stadium 16 - 18348 Bagley Road in Cleveland (closed 9/14/22);
Oregon:
Regal Sherwood Stadium 10 - 15995 SW Tualatin Sherwood Road in Sherwood (closed 9/14/22);
Pennsylvania:
Regal Richland Crossing 12 - 185 North West End Blvd. in Quakertown (closed 9/14/22);
Texas:
Regal UA Amarillo Star Stadium 14 - 8275 Amarillo Blvd. W in Amarillo (closed 9/14/22);
Regal Arbor @ Great Hills 9828 Great Hills Trail in Austin (open past 9/14);
Regal Edwards West Oaks Mall 700 West Oaks Mall in Houston (open past 9/14);
Washington (State):
Regal Parkway Plaza 5910 South 180th St. in Tukwila (closed 9/14/22)
The locations that opened past 9/14 would likely be closed permanently on September 25 or September 28/29th and presumably had leases cleared for the month.There is little to no chance of any further operations at these locations.
Closed as the Regal Edwards Anaheim Hills 14
Closed as the Regal UA Broadway Faire Stadium 10
Regal Parkway Plaza Stadium 12
If you have gift cards, it might be time to use them. Though open, the theatre was one of 20 theaters approved for lease relief in a bankruptcy maneuver with Regal’s parent in bankruptcy protection. Most closed September 14, 2022 while others - like the Fenton location - continued through the month hoping for a miraculous turnaround. There was little to no chance of operations continuing into October.
Regal closed its Regal Crow Canyon on March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened many locations in September of 2020 though not the Crow Canyon. Regal reopened the Crow Canyon on May 21, 2021. However, it closed permanently following showtimes on September 14, 2022 with the company in its latest round of bankruptcy protection. It was one of 20 locations approved by a bankruptcy judge allowing the venue to break leases as it was unable to pay all of its September leasing due to liquidity problems.
The $5 million, sub-run discount Starplex Irving Cinema 10 opened on March 29, 1996 near the interchange of Texas Highway 183 and Esters Road. Auditorium size ranged from 125 to 450 seats. The theater had DTS, Dolby Digital and SDDS at its opening with wall-to-wall screens.
The theater was the cousin to the Starplex Mesquite which opened four months later. Tickets were $1 before 6 p.m. and $1.50 after 6 p.m. with bargain Tuesdays. Its nearest competition was from the Irving Mall across the highway where two General Cinema theaters on the interior and the sub-run discount AMC Irving 6 was not far from the Mall. The AMC Irving 6 shuttered in May of 1999 which the two smaller General Cinema locations became a single-unit, 14-screen theater taken over by AMC.
In July of 2015, AMC acquired the entire Starplex chain turning the venue first to the AMC Starplex Irving 10 along with the Mesquite. In July of 2017, the Irving venue switched from sub-run, second run fare to first-run discount priced features while the Mesquite cousin stayed sub-run with its 30-screen AMC Mesquite not far away. The Starplex “Snackplex” signage remained in place along with all of the original seating in the auditoriums. The theaters were rebranded as AMC Classic locations - a designation generally given to theaters that were either inherited from other chains (e.g., Carmike and Starplex) and/or were unlikely to receive major auditorium seating upgrades. The Starcade - Starplex’s gaming arcade - was replaced by MacGuffins Bars at both locations.
AMC closed the AMC Classic Irving 10 and Mesquite 10 on March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic along with the rest of the chain. While the Mesquite closed permanently during the closure period, the AMC Classic Irving 10 returned to operations on September 3, 2020.
Regal closed its Parkway Plaza on March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened in September of 2020 but closing soon thereafter on October 8, 2020 when the circuit temporarily shut down operations again worldwide.
Regal reopened the Parkway Plaza in May 21, 2021. However, it closed permanently following showtimes on September 14, 2022 with the company in its latest round of bankruptcy protection. It was one of 20 locations approved by a bankruptcy judge allowing the venue to break leases as it was unable to pay all of its September leasing due to liquidity problems.
(And - very technically - the venue was planned and designed by ACT III Theatres but the circuit was acquired by KKR Theatres in October of 1998 and then combined with United Artists which acquired Regal Entertainment Group Corp. operating under the Regal nameplate. This theatre opened as the Parkway Plaza Stadium 12 by Regal on July 16, 1999.)
If you have gift cards, it might be time to use them. Though open, the theatre was one of 20 theaters approved for lease relief in a bankruptcy maneuver with Regal’s parent in bankruptcy protection. Most closed September 14, 2022 while others - like the West Oaks - continued through the month hoping for a miraculous turnaround.
If you have gift cards, it might be time to use them. Though open, the theatre was one of 20 theaters approved for lease relief in a bankruptcy maneuver with Regal’s parent in bankruptcy protection. Most closed September 14, 2022 while others - like the Cypress - continued through the month hoping for a miraculous turnaround.
If you have gift cards, it might be time to use them. Though open, the theatre was one of 20 theaters approved for lease relief in a bankruptcy maneuver with Regal’s parent in bankruptcy protection. Most closed September 14, 2022 while others - like the Brass Mill - continued through the month hoping for a miraculous turnaround.