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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Virginia » Hampton » Regal Riverdale Cinema 3
Also known as Riverdale Twin, Riverdale Theatre

Regal Riverdale Cinema 3

Hampton, VA
2011 Cunningham Boulevard
, Hampton, VA 23666 United States
(map)
Status: Closed
Screens: Triplex
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1300
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Drew Eberson
Firm: Unknown
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Opened as a single screen independent of 800 seats in August 1965, sold to Martin Theatres and remodeled into one of the first "twins" in 1969. Reopened in that format on May 1, 1970... not by "splitting", but by adding a completely new addition (with 500 seats) onto the original facility. One of the very first multi-screen complexes.

Sold to Neighborhood Theatres around the late-1980's which split the smaller twin, creating a triple. Downgraded to a dollar house in its later years. Closed in the early-1990's. It still stands.
Contributed by Jarrell Greever

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Here is a photo of the Riverdale, circa 1970s:

posted by thegreev on Sep 16, 2006 at 1:17pm
The big screen cinema guide still lists this theater as the:

Regal Riverdale Cinema 3
2011 Cunningham Drive
Hampton, VA 23666
Message: 757-838-3768

posted by Lost Memory on Sep 16, 2006 at 2:06pm
I have a photo of this theater I took in 2003
posted by deadmallsanita on Jul 8, 2007 at 6:03pm
Pretty sure I saw Escape of the Planet of the Apes here.

Not a big Spielberg fan, I do remember seeing long lines here waiting to see Jaws.
posted by kseward on Jul 11, 2007 at 10:35am
Blog post of pics from May 2007:

http://uberkayness.blogspot.com/2007/07/scenes-from-riverdale-hampton-va.html

Evidently the theater went thru a minor facelift after 2003.
posted by kseward on Jul 15, 2007 at 9:23am
The recent opening of the Riverdale Theatre was announced in Boxoffice of August 9, 1965. A single-screen house of 610 seats, it was designed by architect Drew Eberson for the regional circuit Gordon Enterprises, operated by brothers Julian, Jerome, and Leonard Gordon.
posted by Joe Vogel on Nov 29, 2009 at 12:03am
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