Shannon 8

4600 Jonesboro Road,
Union City, GA 30291

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JoshBot
JoshBot on January 9, 2019 at 1:40 pm

This was finally demolished sometime in the past month or two.

Rstewart
Rstewart on April 16, 2018 at 4:35 pm

Rivest266, thank you for all of your research and clippings concerning the Atlanta area theaters!

rivest266
rivest266 on April 16, 2018 at 3:58 am

This opened on December 21st, 1984 and closed in 2001. Grand opening ad in photo section.

Scott Neff
Scott Neff on May 1, 2017 at 1:10 pm

Still there as of February 2017.

stefankatlanta
stefankatlanta on February 15, 2011 at 8:18 pm

Still there all boarded up. Feb.2011
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JFBrantley
JFBrantley on October 3, 2008 at 6:30 pm

Though not a palace, the Shannon 8 was a nice place to see a movie. At least people behaved during the movies unlike its Southlake counterpart.

One evening, a friend and I went and saw “Flowers In The Attic” then sneaked over and saw “Nuts” at an auditorium on the other end of the theater.

Michael Furlinger
Michael Furlinger on May 8, 2007 at 1:54 pm

still sitting there???

brazilianjiujitsu
brazilianjiujitsu on December 16, 2005 at 9:15 am

The Theather opened up in the fall of'84. I saw alot of good movie there. It closed in 2000. Now boarded up. Sad.

JackCoursey
JackCoursey on June 19, 2005 at 8:35 am

A 2005 photo of this theatre can be viewed at:
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