Columbia Palace 9
8805 Center Park Drive,
Columbia,
MD
21045
8805 Center Park Drive,
Columbia,
MD
21045
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The second movie theater ever built in the city of Columbia, it opened in 1986 and closed in 2001 and was designed by the architectural firm of Kelly , Clayton and Mojzisek.
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The Columbia Palace 9 was across from Howard High School in Columbia. When it opened in 1986 it was a huge success, drawing potential patrons away from Columbia’s first theater, the General Cinema III downtown, which was already struggling. It reigned supreme until the United Artists sixteen-screener opened in Snowden Square across town. Its success basically killed off both of Columbia’s original theaters, with the General Cinema closing in 2000 and Palace 9 in 2001.
A Giant Supermarket sits on the lot where the Palace 9 once stood.
Who owned this theatre? The design looks a little familiar.
thanks holden pike.wonder why it didn’t become a dollar theatre?
The Palace 9 was a Lowes, though I believe it began as an independent, originally, before being bought out. I may have that wrong, but it was definitely a Lowes for the majority of its existence.
It was Sony by the time it closed in 2001.
Doh! And I misspelled Loews, of course.