Villagio Cinemas of Carrollwood

11778 N. Dale Mabry Highway,
Tampa, FL 33618

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DarknessBeyondTime
DarknessBeyondTime on August 5, 2011 at 8:49 am

Doesn’t look good at this point, the new owners of the theater also run the Channelside Cinemas theater, which just filed for bankruptcy.

cvolosin
cvolosin on June 26, 2011 at 12:15 pm

Stumbled upon the building today, not sure if they are having permit or construction problems, but a newspaper article stated a May opening and it’s now July and there is no front on the building.
Unless there is substantial work that has been done to the theaters, there is no lobby, or front wall, indicating that at this point it probably won’t open till closer to Thanksgiving. Chuck v

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on June 25, 2011 at 1:09 pm

Strange shutting a screen down,but i have the impression Carmike does not put a lot money in a location.

Nick DiMaggio
Nick DiMaggio on June 22, 2011 at 6:26 am

Mike, You may be right. Main Street 6 originally opened with 6 screens but if I recall correctly I remember reading somewhere that when Carmike assumed ownership they shut down one screen but not sure why.

Mikeoaklandpark
Mikeoaklandpark on June 17, 2011 at 10:41 am

I think if you look back, this tyheater had only 5 screens not 6.

Nick DiMaggio
Nick DiMaggio on June 17, 2011 at 7:37 am

I drove by last week but still nothing on this theatre. The building has been rennovated but I didn’t notice any sign indicating when it may open. A new marquee went up at the entrance off of Dale Mabry but still nothing on it.

Below is a link to an article published back in November 2010 about the new theatre and the planned reopening this spring. I doubt this will post as a live link so you’ll have to copy and paste into your browser: http://www.review.net/section/detail/movies-make-a-comeback-in-carrollwood-next-spring/

Mikeoaklandpark
Mikeoaklandpark on May 25, 2011 at 10:42 am

Any word on the opening date?

Nunzienick
Nunzienick on March 31, 2011 at 11:48 am

I recently drove by this location and the building is definitely taking shape. There’s also a new marquee up at the entrance to Main Street Center. As I recall I think Main Street Six Cinemas originally opened in the early 1980s under the Plitt Theatres banner and later became Cineplex Odeon and finally Carmike.

Main Street Six featured four large and two smaller auditoriums. All six were deluxe cinemas with wall-to-wall curtains and nice-size screens. It was nearly identical in size and layout to University Collection Six (not to be confused with University Square Mall.) Interestingly they’re reopening this location when it originally closed mainly due to “underperformace” (not to mention Carmike filing for bankruptcy protection.) Part of the problem was too much competition from the nearby Hillsboro Eight and Mission Bell Eight which are now long gone. So hopefully they’ll be successful with this new venture.

I remember seeing these films here: GHOSTBUSTERS, FATAL ATTRACTION, AGNES OF GOD, LA BAMBA (played on two screens – English & Spanish language versions) GREYSTOKE THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, WITNESS, a midnight showing of John Water’s POLYESTER, and a re-release of WEST SIDE STORY.

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers on March 14, 2011 at 8:01 pm

Thanks for the Pictures.hopefully,Nick can add more.

Mikeoaklandpark
Mikeoaklandpark on March 14, 2011 at 5:51 pm

Great news that this tehater is reopening. When it originally opened it was a very class A theater

DarknessBeyondTime
DarknessBeyondTime on March 8, 2011 at 6:17 pm

This theater is being remodeled and scheduled to open in May 2011.

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JKMOVIE
JKMOVIE on May 28, 2010 at 8:47 pm

I remember going to movies a lot here back then. There was also a roller rink and a store there at different times, as one replaced the other.

Jorge
Jorge on October 19, 2009 at 11:50 am

if this is the theater that was in the Carrolwood area in Tampa, this theater is still standing…it annually operates as a ‘Halloween Express’ & the entrance of the inside of the theater still has the lobby facade with arches & such (I’m going by memory here, so bear with me) & I even recall a “theater” still complete with theater seats minus the screen, now used as a “changing” area.

Mikeoaklandpark
Mikeoaklandpark on May 14, 2008 at 10:53 am

Lost Memory
As you mentioned above, Carmike remodeled the Hillsboro 8 in 1999. I can never find any listings on this theatre so I assume it’s closed.
When it opened in the 80’s it was the most luxousious theatre in the Tampa are. Are auditoriums had purple curtains that opened up and down and very comnfortable seats. Originally the theatre was operated by Plitt than sodl to Cineplex Odeon