Triangle Cinemas at Six Forks

9500 Forum Drive,
Raleigh, NC 27615

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Previously operated by: Ambassador Entertainment, Carmike Cinemas, Cineplex Odeon

Functions: Movies (First Run)

Previous Names: Six Forks Station Cinema

Phone Numbers: Box Office: 919.521.5602

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Triangle Cinemas at Six Forks

Opened on August 1, 1986 under Cineplex Odeon Corporation and Plitt Southern Theatres. This 1,650-seat capacity multiplex cinema was complete with six state of the art widescreen auditoriums, with full widescreen projection that was capable of showing larger presentations in Dolby Stereo Sound. Luxurious plush seating in all auditoriums throughout, with advance ticket sales available for same day presentations and coming attractions. The theatre had its own front door parking. Cineplex Odeon operated this theatre until 1991 when Carmike Cinemas took over, and they closed it in 2000.

Doug Cooper and Bill Peebles, company manager of Ambassador Entertainment reopened the theatre in 2003 and had major renovations done. It played a variety of films that included first run features as well as foreign and independent films. It was closed on March 16, 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

It was reopened on April 13, 2023 as the Triangle Cinemas at Six Forks.

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Recent comments (view all 16 comments)

raysson
raysson on June 24, 2013 at 2:20 pm

Mike Rogers: This was one of the theatres CARMIKE abandon and left it for a dump when they closed it in 2000. Bill Peebles of Ambassador Entertainment basically saved this theatre from the wrecking ball and did a million dollar restoration and reopened in 2003.

DavidDymond
DavidDymond on June 24, 2013 at 3:01 pm

I was in Durham N. C. the day this Cineplex Odeon theatre opened. Garth Drabinsky the Cineplex Odeon founder and President opened two theatres in Raleigh that day! He arrived by helicopter and descended on the parking lot. It was like a god arriving from Heaven! They were extremely nice theatres for their day (1986) and I was damn proud to see the Cineplex Odeon from across the parking lot. It was absolutely GROSS to see that CARMIKE took over these theatres!!

Micah
Micah on September 19, 2013 at 4:50 pm

Just because it annoys me to hear otherwise, I must point out that Six Forks' majority owner is Doug Cooper, a longtime cinema fixture in Raleigh. Peebles is a minority partner there. Cooper is wholly responsible for reopening Six Forks. The theater is operated under the Ambassador umbrella almost entirely for reasons of film booking and economies of scale involving vendors.

Micah
Micah on September 19, 2013 at 4:51 pm

Also, the theater was shuttered when it closed in 2000 until it was reopened in 2003.

rivest266
rivest266 on November 3, 2013 at 10:49 am

This theatre’s old marquee is almost the same as Cinémas Place Charest in Quebec City, another Cineplex Odeon theatre. It was changed later.

Lovable75236
Lovable75236 on October 16, 2022 at 5:28 pm

I drove by it recently. Sadly, this did not survive the pandemic. It closed a couple of years ago.

raysond5366
raysond5366 on March 10, 2023 at 6:54 am

A chronology of Raleigh’s 70mm presentation history has been recently published here. The Six Forks Station Cinema is mentioned numerous times.

raysond5366
raysond5366 on April 23, 2023 at 9:54 pm

This movie theatre as reopened and has been renovated as the Triangle Cinemas at Six Forks Station that had it’s grand opening on April 13, 2023. Website information is posted below…

http://www.tricinemas.com

The former Six Forks Station Cinemas that was under Ambassador Entertainment Grocery which closed this theatre on March 16, 2020 due to the pandemic.

rivest266
rivest266 on April 25, 2023 at 4:59 pm

2023 grand opening ad posted.

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