Amboy Multiplex Cinemas
US Highway 9 & State Route 35,
Sayreville,
NJ
08872
US Highway 9 & State Route 35,
Sayreville,
NJ
08872
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Located just off the Garden State Parkway as you go off the Driscoll Bridge, this theatre has been entertaining audiences in central Jersey since 1979. A sister theatre, Hazlet Multiplex Cinemas, shares the same design (I think) as this theatre.
As of 6/3/05, it is temporarily closed for a sinking ceiling, so most moviegoers would go to Hazlet. Other than that, this I think is a popular theatre.
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I was the New Jersey and New York service technician. I would go into Amboy to take equipment and share them with other working theaters. Get this, at certain points in the booth, you can look to the outside because the walls are cracking. In the lobby, the concession stand drops over a foot from one end to the other. The place is sinking! Yikes… The booth was very nice, however, people have broken into it to steal copper wiring.
that is all, sweet dreams…
This is a 1983 photo.
As a resident of Sayreville there is no movie theater that is close that is really anything special at all. Mega Movies is listed as the closest by Moviefone and in my opinion that theater is awful (It seems like it has not been cleaned in about three years, its great when they make you wait in the lobby for a movie to start because the staff is “cleaning it” and you walk in and there is popcorn all over your seat and floor and empty cups in the cupholder, great job staff!) I am also not a big fan of Lowes New Brunswick. The Amboy was always one of the better movie going experiences. I for the life of me cannot understand why there is no movie theater in the Sayreville/Amboy area. They Amboy provided the best presentation in the state. I strongly feel that this area needs a new multiplex and soon.
Had the Amboy been kept open, it would’ve benefited from digital projection, 3D, but not a liemax screen.
Not a bad looking theatre from 1983 photo.Lots of good stories written.Especially from the old theatre dawgs.
Has anyone been inside this theatre lately?? I drive past it everyday and I dont know why but I have this overwhelming urge to see what it looks like inside. was the inside demolished at all or is it all still setup inside just decaying? also when the theatre was in operation what did it look like inside?
JonStan, The last time I was in there was a few years back. At that time, some equipment was removed, some screens removed, and some seats removed, but for the most part, and in talking to people who have been in there since, it is still 95% intact. Just rotting away.
That is so sad….I live 2 minutes away and they really need to fix that place up and open it again we need a multiplex.
Drove by the theatre yesterday on my way to the Count Basie Theatre. There is a “For Sale, 20+ acres” sign on the boarded up marquee. I guess thats truly the end for this theatre. Wouldnt a nice 4 screen drive-in look good over there? Just sayin.
markp is the theatre still standing? I thought it had to be demolished because the ground it was built on was unstable.