Spectrum Cinema
2660 Augusta Drive,
Houston,
TX
77057
2660 Augusta Drive,
Houston,
TX
77057
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Cineplex Odeon
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News About This Theater
- Jul 15, 2008 — Remembering "Die Hard" -- A 20th Anniversary Tribute
- Jul 15, 2008 — Remembering "Die Hard"
Opened on June 24, 1988. Although the Spectrum was not architecturally significant, it had a very clean and functional design that distinguished it from any other cinema in Houston. The Spectrum, along with the River Oaks Plaza, Memorial City Mall and West Oaks Mall cinemas shuttered in February 2001 as a results of Loews filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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It closed mostly because of the Loew’s bankruptcy but the parking was atrocious because of a too small lot! It was a nice theatre with 3 70MM screens—saw The Abyss and Doctor Zhivago there in 70.
Spectrum came on line at the height of the Cineplex Odeon expansion during the late 80’s and 90’s. They even got into distribution with Cineplex Odeon Films. However, as a company, they over-extended themselves to the point of near bankruptcy. Loews swooped in in 1998. Big mistake for Loews. Cineplex had a reputation for taking on huge lease payments. Today, after the Loews Cineplex bankruptcy is a distant memory, most of the original Cineplex locations are long gone as well…
Someone out there needs to post more information (and pics) regarding this theatre as well as the Cineplex Odeon that used to be in the Montrose/River Oaks area. I’m also certain there were more than two Cineplex Odeon theaters here in the greater Houston area as well. Though I could be wrong.
Hello I am the former Cineplex Odeon executive who opened the Specturm, Presidio Sq, River Oaks, and Sharpstown. I had been Director of theatre operations for New York and New Jersey prior to moving back to Houston to oversee the expanding prescence of Cineplex Odeon.
In the late seventy’s I was the south Texas district supervisior for Plitt Theatres, at that time we had West Oaks Mall, Plitt Cinema5, Woodlake, Alabama, Clearlake, as well as theatres in Lake Jackson and Baytown in the houston area. We also had theatres San Antonio, Austin, the Rio Grande Valley.
I started with the Theatres when they were part of ABC later changed to Interstate then purchased by Henry Plitt (Plitt Theatres) and finally for me Cineplex odeon.
I find it hard to believe the theatres are all gone for the most part, seems like yesterday but I left the industry 23 years ago.
Nice!
We still need more pictures of this theater!
Sadly, it seems I never went to this theater. Oh well.
An interesting read about the Spectrum: https://milton.substack.com/p/three-cathedrals
Grand opening ad posted.
Yes!