University Cinemas 6
8925 J. M. Keynes Drive,
Charlotte,
NC
28262
8925 J. M. Keynes Drive,
Charlotte,
NC
28262
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University Cinemas was located across HWY 29/N. Tryon from UNCC and was operated by Carmike Cinemas. At first a thriving theater that premiered many top art films and high grossing blockbusters. In fact, when “Top Gun” opened, the studio split the costs of attaching half of a real jet and crumbling bricks to the outside of the building to give the effect of a jet flying through the theatre.
Unfortunately, the combination of poor management, rough-housing employees and over all lack of care for the theater would close it down in 1998. It sat empty for about a year before the property owner literally cut the lobby and theaters in half to form small shops and more parking.
The only evidence of this theater can be found in the boot operator’s door that leads too…?
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You said it all CARMIKE.no business in a large city.
You go Dawg!!
I SAW the Jet UaGirl wrote about in the intro.Think i even took a picture.That was a nice section of Charlotte in those days.
Mike & Nick exploring the closed University 6 in the hall by the booth and concessions:
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Thanks for posting Nick.
I have some in front of the screen if Nick wants to put them on.Funny thing,when we took pictures we always got in the picture.We never thought anyone else even cared about closed theatres,had we known so,maybe we would have kept our ugly mugs out of the shot.LOL.
Saw HOME ALONE here and the crowd had a blast. That movie came outta nowhere that Christmas Season and just blew the box office doors down.
Nice theatre over all, but I just remember that it was placed in a real tight spot in the middle of a very busy shopping center, and that parking was a nightmare and a half, and just getting into the shopping center was also a pain. This was before the whole area was developed into retail hell.
Yes,very limited parking.
I remember this theater advertising in the Charlotte Observer as the University Place Cinemas (pre-Carmike) and University Place 6 (Carmike). The theater was owned prior to Carmike by Consolidated Theatres (1987-1989). Before 1987 the University Place was co-owned with the Queen Park and Tryon Mall Cinemas.
Judging from Google Earth — it looks like the building that WAS at this address was torn down and something new put in its place. Does the shell of the building still stand?