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.
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 Stonington - continued through the month hoping for a miraculous turnaround.
Regal closed its Regal Sherwood 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 Sherwood on May 14, 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.
Regal closed its Regal UA Amarillo Star Stadium 14 on March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened the Star briefly in September of 2020 but closing soon thereafter on October 8, 2020 when the circuit temporarily shut down operations again worldwide.
Regal reopened the Star on May 14, 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.
Regal closed its Greenville Grande 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 Greenville Grande 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 theatre opened on a 25-year lease on June 20, 1997. Regal closed here on March 15, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. When Regal reopened many of its locations briefly in September of 2020, it decided agains reopening here. With the lease coming due in June of 2022, the venue was not reopened with Regal sued for the final two years of leasing back rent. The theater’s closing date was March 15, 2020.
The venue became the Apollo Discount Theater in January of 1995 and four years later ground to a halt down to single screening times. It closed permanently on March 18, 1999 likely at the opt out of a leasing agreement at the 15-year mark as the Apollo $1 Super Discount Cinema - a name it carried for a very brief period - with “Enemy of the State,” “Virus,” “Mouth to Mouth” and “The Waterboy.”
The Tavernier Twin Cinema launched in 1980 just a year after the shopping center housing the venue was established as the Tavernier Towne Mall. The complex, however, was most commonly referred to as a “shopping center” and its genesis was as a shopping center in 1976. The venue operated from 1980 to 2000, assuming, on a 20-year lease as the Tavernier Twin Cinema and then as the Tavernier Towne Cinemas from 2000 into 2002 when it closed to expand on July, 2002 by operators - then Sam and Ayman Nekhaila.
After its almost 22 years as a twin cinema, the venue re-emerged in July of 2003 as a five-screen operation retaining the Tavernier Towne Cinemas moniker. On December 13, 2014, it was called the B&B Tavernier Cinema 5 operated by the B&B Circuit.
B&B closed it and the rest of its operation on March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened but purportedly did not ever reconnect with its audience closing at the end of its showtime schedule on February 20, 2022. It soon continued as an independent thereafter taken on by Sean and Sam Nekhaila who returned to the venue. They reopened on March 1, 2022 as the Tavernier Cinema 5.
This venue appears to have launched as the Cinema Twin on September 22, 1972 with “Joe Kidd” and they got the second screen ready for showtimes beginning on November 3, 1972. Then it became the Cinema IV on September 16, 1983. In December of 1990, it became the Cinema VI. On May 20, 1994, it became Cobb Circuit’s Cobb Cinema VI.
On June 12, 1997, Cobb was acquired by Regal and the theatre changed to the Regal Cinema VI. In 2001, that name was fine tuned to the Regal Cinema Key West 6. The circuit would then lose the “6” becoming the Regal Key West. The theatre closed twice. Once for Hurricane Irma which damaged the venue on September 17, 2017 apparently relaunching on April 20, 2019. It closed again for the COVID-19 pandemic on March 16, 2020. It would reopen later that year closing again on October 8, 2020 until another reopening in 2021.
The unwieldy-named Sidedoor Westside Cinema was Marathon’s first movie house launching June 2, 1989 with “Major League.” The tiny cinema was located next to the Sidedoor Lounge and sharing its name upon launching. The venue shortened its name to the West Side (now two words) Cinema in 1993 until closing in 1995. In 1995, the Marathon Community Theatre bought the property converting the lounge into a live venue for stage plays and other events.
The cinema was reopened by the theatre group as the Marathon Community Cinema after more than six months of closure with “Goldeneye” on November 17, 1995. In 2006, the cinema was listed as the Marathon Community Theatre still showing Hollywood films. It then went with the shortened, Marathon Cinema, nameplate until its closure on March 15, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic after showings of “The Call of the Wild.” The closing was said to be permanent.
However, the operation continued with a Grand Opening and new folks reverting to the Marathon Community Cinema nameplate on February 12, 2021 with “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” The venue was still operational in 2022 open four days a week with contemporary cinema and some repertory titles.
Major and Mrs. Robert Duncan launched the Cinemorada in December of 1955. It had Simplex projection with stereo sound. The $147,000 theater then suffered $45,000 in damages during Hurricane Donna ion September 13, 1960. Repairs were made with a reopening and open house on October 28, 1960. The Duncans offered the operation for sale in 1962 without a taker. It was, however, leased on Sundays beginning on September 30, 1962 to the Island Community Church for services. The theatre, however, closed in bankruptcy before year’s end and was offered in a foreclosure sale without a buyer in 1963.
The theater was sold at a steep loss at a forced auction on March 3, 1964 for just $41,000. Peter Joyce was the venue’s final operator of the Cinemorada venue refreshing it in 1972 and it was still in operation - though closing - in 1974. (“Vanishing Wilderness” is the last advertised show on April 3, 1974.) The Island Community Church became the sole owner thereafter after receiving a $200,000 gift in 1974 to take on the venue full-time. The main building looked similar to the way it did when the theatre launched at 83250 Overseas Highway in the 2020s.
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.
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 Stonington - continued through the month hoping for a miraculous turnaround.
Regal closed its Regal Sherwood 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 Sherwood on May 14, 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.
Regal closed its Regal UA Amarillo Star Stadium 14 on March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened the Star briefly in September of 2020 but closing soon thereafter on October 8, 2020 when the circuit temporarily shut down operations again worldwide.
Regal reopened the Star on May 14, 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.
Regal closed its Greenville Grande 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 Greenville Grande 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 theatre opened on a 25-year lease on June 20, 1997. Regal closed here on March 15, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. When Regal reopened many of its locations briefly in September of 2020, it decided agains reopening here. With the lease coming due in June of 2022, the venue was not reopened with Regal sued for the final two years of leasing back rent. The theater’s closing date was March 15, 2020.
Muvico closed the north part of the Apollo on June 29, 1989 likely opting out at the five-year point of a sublease.
The venue became the Apollo Discount Theater in January of 1995 and four years later ground to a halt down to single screening times. It closed permanently on March 18, 1999 likely at the opt out of a leasing agreement at the 15-year mark as the Apollo $1 Super Discount Cinema - a name it carried for a very brief period - with “Enemy of the State,” “Virus,” “Mouth to Mouth” and “The Waterboy.”
The Tavernier Twin Cinema launched in 1980 just a year after the shopping center housing the venue was established as the Tavernier Towne Mall. The complex, however, was most commonly referred to as a “shopping center” and its genesis was as a shopping center in 1976. The venue operated from 1980 to 2000, assuming, on a 20-year lease as the Tavernier Twin Cinema and then as the Tavernier Towne Cinemas from 2000 into 2002 when it closed to expand on July, 2002 by operators - then Sam and Ayman Nekhaila.
After its almost 22 years as a twin cinema, the venue re-emerged in July of 2003 as a five-screen operation retaining the Tavernier Towne Cinemas moniker. On December 13, 2014, it was called the B&B Tavernier Cinema 5 operated by the B&B Circuit.
B&B closed it and the rest of its operation on March 16, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened but purportedly did not ever reconnect with its audience closing at the end of its showtime schedule on February 20, 2022. It soon continued as an independent thereafter taken on by Sean and Sam Nekhaila who returned to the venue. They reopened on March 1, 2022 as the Tavernier Cinema 5.
This venue appears to have launched as the Cinema Twin on September 22, 1972 with “Joe Kidd” and they got the second screen ready for showtimes beginning on November 3, 1972. Then it became the Cinema IV on September 16, 1983. In December of 1990, it became the Cinema VI. On May 20, 1994, it became Cobb Circuit’s Cobb Cinema VI.
On June 12, 1997, Cobb was acquired by Regal and the theatre changed to the Regal Cinema VI. In 2001, that name was fine tuned to the Regal Cinema Key West 6. The circuit would then lose the “6” becoming the Regal Key West. The theatre closed twice. Once for Hurricane Irma which damaged the venue on September 17, 2017 apparently relaunching on April 20, 2019. It closed again for the COVID-19 pandemic on March 16, 2020. It would reopen later that year closing again on October 8, 2020 until another reopening in 2021.
The unwieldy-named Sidedoor Westside Cinema was Marathon’s first movie house launching June 2, 1989 with “Major League.” The tiny cinema was located next to the Sidedoor Lounge and sharing its name upon launching. The venue shortened its name to the West Side (now two words) Cinema in 1993 until closing in 1995. In 1995, the Marathon Community Theatre bought the property converting the lounge into a live venue for stage plays and other events.
The cinema was reopened by the theatre group as the Marathon Community Cinema after more than six months of closure with “Goldeneye” on November 17, 1995. In 2006, the cinema was listed as the Marathon Community Theatre still showing Hollywood films. It then went with the shortened, Marathon Cinema, nameplate until its closure on March 15, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic after showings of “The Call of the Wild.” The closing was said to be permanent.
However, the operation continued with a Grand Opening and new folks reverting to the Marathon Community Cinema nameplate on February 12, 2021 with “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” The venue was still operational in 2022 open four days a week with contemporary cinema and some repertory titles.
Major and Mrs. Robert Duncan launched the Cinemorada in December of 1955. It had Simplex projection with stereo sound. The $147,000 theater then suffered $45,000 in damages during Hurricane Donna ion September 13, 1960. Repairs were made with a reopening and open house on October 28, 1960. The Duncans offered the operation for sale in 1962 without a taker. It was, however, leased on Sundays beginning on September 30, 1962 to the Island Community Church for services. The theatre, however, closed in bankruptcy before year’s end and was offered in a foreclosure sale without a buyer in 1963.
The theater was sold at a steep loss at a forced auction on March 3, 1964 for just $41,000. Peter Joyce was the venue’s final operator of the Cinemorada venue refreshing it in 1972 and it was still in operation - though closing - in 1974. (“Vanishing Wilderness” is the last advertised show on April 3, 1974.) The Island Community Church became the sole owner thereafter after receiving a $200,000 gift in 1974 to take on the venue full-time. The main building looked similar to the way it did when the theatre launched at 83250 Overseas Highway in the 2020s.
Wometco architect Robert E. Collins drew the plans for the November 23, 1938 streamline moderne makeover of the Strand Theatre.
Robert E. Collins drew the original plans for the theatre.
The 1939 complete refurbishing plans of the State Theatre was drawn by architect Robert E. Collins.
Robert E. Collins was the associate architect with William H. Lee