Phoenix 2 Theaters
4600 Towsen Avenue,
Fort Smith,
AR
72901
4600 Towsen Avenue,
Fort Smith,
AR
72901
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United Artists owned and operated this theater in the late-1960’s and early-1970’s.
Contributed by
Ken McIntyre
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It is likely that this is one of the theatres resulting from a partnership between United Artist Theatre Circuit’s Minitek subsidiary and the Holiday Inn hotel chain. UATC/Minitek and Holiday Inn partnered in late-1969 to construct and operate minicinema theatres (with small capacity, automated projection, and easy formatting into shopping-center locations).
The first of the Holiday Inn Minitek theatres (probably this theatre) was opened in Fort Smith in March of 1970. Despite what it says above, the theatre was a twin theatre, though, with two 350-seat auditoriums.
I don’t believe this theatre closed, I think according to the Arkansas Historical Society magazine it became the Phoenix 2 Theatres at 4600 Towsen and is still in operation. In their magazine they described the same info that Christopher states in his post on 12-11-08. Christopher also stated that it was a twin when it first opened. So the header is incorrect also.
The Phoenix Village Twin was an AMC theatre that opened in 1971. Is this separate from the Minitek I & II ?