Loews Showboat Quad
725 River Road,
Edgewater,
NJ
07020
725 River Road,
Edgewater,
NJ
07020
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Previously operated by: Loews
Functions: Retail
Previous Names: Showboat Cinemas 1-2-3-4
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News About This Theater
- May 13, 2009 — My career as a movie theater manager
Opened on August 12, 1977. A four-screen cinema located at a strip mall on Edgewater’s River Road, the theatre’s lobby opened up to a Hudson River, NYC skyline view.
The theatre featured a single-station, exterior box office and a wood-paneled 3 station concession stand. It was taken over by Loew’s in 1981.
Closed on February 18, 2001, its marquee was utilized to promote special events at the Binghamton Ferryboat Restaurant, located just across the parking lot. The former theatre became a Trader Joe’s.
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From Loew’s 1981 annual report:
“During the year the [Theatres] Division…acquired the Showboat Quad Theatre in the suburban Fort Lee area of Northern New Jersey.”
Is the sign still there?
The space is now home to a Trader Joe’s so function should be changed to “retail.”
Any photos anyone?
Good Story TC on the modern Theatre Business.I miss the good old days for me 1974-1983.
Saw many, many movies here in the late 70’s and early ‘80s. First matinee show was $2 per ticket so our family came down here quite often, even though it was a 20 mile drive with several theaters (the ones in Paramus and Westwood) much closer to our house. Escape From New York, I recall seeing here. The view across the Hudson was spectacular. Also I recall inside on the wall they had large photographic blowups of tall ships on the Hudson, taken during Operation Sail in 1976.
This was the first ever movie theater in Edgewater, and a sister theater to the larger Loews theaters across the river in Manhattan.
With the closing of the showcase next month there will be no movie theatres in this town.
This opened on August 12th, 1977. Grand opening ad posted in the photo section for this theatre. It became part of Loew’s in 1981.
The actual closing date is February 18, 2001.