Digiplex Cinema Center - Fairgrounds Square
3050 North Fifth Street Highway,
Reading,
PA
19601
3050 North Fifth Street Highway,
Reading,
PA
19601
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December 19th, 1980 grand opening ad as Fox Fairgrounds 5 can be found in the photo section.
The remodeling and expansion of the Fairgrounds Square Cinemas in Reading for Cinema Center was designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm JKR Partners, formerly known as JKRoller Architects.
Acquired by Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. in 2012 and screens are now 100% digital.
Originally built as a 5 screen by Fox Theatres of Reading sometime around 1982-1983, Fairgrounds was sold to Carmike in the mid 1990’s when the banks forced Fox to unload most of its theatres.
Carmike closed the Fairgounds somewhere in the late 1990’s or early 2000’s where it was acquired by Marv Troutman of Millersburg (Cinema Centers chain) who expanded it to ten screens. Ten is still the current screen count. This theatre has never had 11 screens. (RC Movies in Reading is the venue with 11 screens).