Restaurant Row 9 Theatre

I used to go to this place a lot. Catch whatever movie that was playin and head over to nearby Aloha Tower Marketplace ot trek down to Ala Moana Center. BTW, when are they gonna put one directly there? I may have been out of touch w/ the latest happenings since Ihave departed 1998.

I was part of the first crew that worked at this theatre (hired as a projectionist) and I still have some fond memories of it. It was the arrival of the Wallace Restaurant Row 9 Theatres and later arrival of the Signature chain of theaters (since bought out by the Regal chain) that forced Consolodated Theaters to wake the F*ck up to the living nightmare that their no-care monopolizing was responsible for all their patrons to begin flocking to the new guys in Town! Because Wallace (and later Signature) came to Honolulu offering "fresh popped" in the lobby popcorn and "matinee" ticket prices, Consolodated sh!t themselves and soon began doing likewise, along with a busload of renovation work on their properties. "Competition" had proved yet again to be one of mankind's greatest inventions!

This theater chain was bought out by Hollywood Theaters.

This theater chain closed down with their last showing on August 2, 2009. Despite "great" business, it was said that their least was up and decided not to renew.

Here's a nice fact:

With the "competition" building up with Regal Dole Cannery and Consolidated Ward, they switched from first-run movies to Art House. If I remembered correctly, they had a 5 year-something contract to do so. With attendance on the decline, they switched from Art House to second run movies.

While in Hi. this had to be one of my favorite theatres. After the Waikiki closed this was the theatre for me. It had all the comforts that one needed with great seats, projection, sound and you were right nexdt to some of the best restaurants in Hi. Very sad to see this became a theatre of the past.