Movies at Pinellas Park
7901 US Highway 19 North,
Pinellas Park,
FL
33781
7901 US Highway 19 North,
Pinellas Park,
FL
33781
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The theater opened in 1986 and was, for a time, the largest theater screen-wise in Pinellas County. The St. Petersburg Times described it as having "all the character of a cinderblock warehouse." The theater closed in 2000 and both it and the neighboring Drive-in Cinema were demolished for a Wal-Mart Supercenter.
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Picture from 2001. Note the screen for the neighboring <a href=“/theaters/30743/”>Drive-in Cinema.
Correction:
Picture from 2001. Note the screen tower for the neighboring Drive-in Cinema.
Interesting that a 12 screen multiplex should be demolished after only 14 years. Of course here in the Pittsburgh Area, we have the infamous Loews 20 North Versailles which opened in 1999 and closed in 2001. We also have the Star City 14/Screenworks 14 which only lasted a few years too (and was a really nice theatre).
Must have been in a bad location.
I think the area may have just become overscreened. If I recall my Cinematouring around that area there were a bunch of other theatres within a couple of miles.
If i recall correctly,Nick told me Regal opened a 20 plex for a couple of years before closing it.I think a lot of cities are overscreened no matter what the size of the city.
Regal 20 was in Tampa.
The theatre opened on October 18th, 1985 with Sweet Dreams, Better Off Dead, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Volunteers, Compromising Positions, Teen Wolf, The Backwoods Massacre, Weird Science, Silver Bullet, Marie and St. Elmo’s Fire as the opening engagements.
On the Google Map Photo it’s down a bit to the southeast from the red dot at the Wal Mart site, correct?
United Artists Theaters owned these theaters.
AKA AS:
THE MOVIES AT PINELLAS PARK 12.