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drew hawkins commented about Plaza Theatre on Jan 10, 2023 at 5:07 pm

i was the manager of the plaza theater from 1980-82. does anyone in asheville knows what happened to former employees of mine? michael grant was a projectionist and former manager of the plaza back in the 70’s, cathy hall, matt hawkins, and tim i cant remember his last name a former manager in the 70’s who quit and went to work for 3 mountaineers in asheville. i did my internship at the plaza for my management degree at unc-a and later became the manager there thanks to tims help. email at . also what happened to plaza theater after it closed in 1985, and why did it close?

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drew hawkins commented about Plaza Theatre on Nov 9, 2021 at 1:26 am

i always wondered when they actually closed the plaza. i left in 1982

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drew hawkins commented about National Hills Theatre on Dec 9, 2016 at 12:58 am

how old are you mike? i think we are about the same age. i managed the plaza theatre in asheville nc from 80-82.

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drew hawkins commented about Plaza Theatre on Aug 28, 2016 at 6:16 pm

hey ruthie i remember something about gene. he went to work for sky city department stores as their ad manager. i think they might have went out of busisness in the early 90’s?. is the merimon twins on merrimon ave. still operating? or the ashevlle west?and what did they do to the plaza after it closed?

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drew hawkins commented about Plaza Theatre on Aug 21, 2016 at 1:05 am

yes i remember gene. he had already moved on when i started there. he was the assistant manger and also did all the advertising for the plaza. i cant remember his last name. he was probably in his early 20’s tall thin and black headed and wore glasses. he was very intelligent and gay. im 58 now so he is in his early 60’s . i dont know if he still lives in asheville i left there in 1983 and moved to virginia. i still miss the plaza it was the best time i ever had working there.

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drew hawkins commented about Fine Arts Theatre on Jan 24, 2015 at 3:37 am

when i was the manager of the plaza theater just up the street from the fine arts, we used to watch movies there during the afternoon after we finished cleaning the plaza. 1980-82.

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drew hawkins commented about Plaza Theatre on Jan 24, 2015 at 2:58 am

i was the manager of the plaza theater from 1980-82. it was the first real job i had out of college unc-asheville. i managed the theater and also cleaned it for extra money. irvin-fuller had just sold it to roth and cohen theaters and i was their first manager there. i had a great time working there. we also had a union projectionist. we played alot of the bruce lee movies and horror movies,james bond movies. and ran late shows occasionally. we had weekend matinees