Alps Cinema
191 Alps Road,
Athens,
GA
30606
191 Alps Road,
Athens,
GA
30606
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yes, Joshmassey it was at the very end of the shopping center. I have pictures,but not the equipment to get them on.
yes, Joshmassey it was at the very end of the shopping center. I have pictures,but not the equipment to get them on.
Wait a second, wasn’t the Alps Theater at the very end of the shopping center, closest to Baxter? Isn’t the Kroger at the other end?
Doonyman,I came across a picture of the ALPS the other day. A local theatre group was using it for a play i guess back in the middle 90’s.
Doonyman, it would very unlikely that they redid the theatre, considering the proto-type stores that Kroger was building at the time. I would assume that the demolished the former theatre and started from the ground up.
That’s what I thought. I wonder how long that space sat vacant between 2000 (when it closed) and 2003/2004 when it reopened as a Kroger. I also wonder if they just razed it to the ground and started over or just remodeled the existing interior/exterior to make it into a grocery store.
The Alps was located where the Kroger is now and on the same side of the street as the Chili’s.
I can’t say for sure because i live inAugusta now,maybe someone from Athens will see this and let you know. It was in walking distance of the BEECHWOOD 1 and 2.
You mean like where the Chili’s is now? Or on the other side where the Office Depot is?
THE ALPS theatre was up on the hill on the lefthand side of the road across from the Beechwood theatres. It sat on the end of the lot.
When I started going to college at UGA in the fall of 2003, I heard a few mentions here and there over the next few years about this place. Apparently, it used to be the only independent movie theater in town. It’s in the shopping center where the 24-hour Kroger is now.
Was the theater actually located in the space Kroger is using now? Does anyone know? I know Kroger only moved into that spot around 2003 or 2004, because they used to be down the street where that huge gym is now (The Omni? is that what it’s called?).