Park Terrace Stadium 6
4289 Park Road,
Charlotte,
NC
28209
4289 Park Road,
Charlotte,
NC
28209
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The 1,000 seat, Park Terrace Theater opened on May 28, 1964. The grand opening ceremonies included a fireworks display, music by the Charlotte College Choir, and speaches by the Mayor Pro Tem, President of the Chamber of Commerce, and a local radio personality named Ty Boyd. At 9:10 p.m. the first movie, "Captain Newman" with Gregory Peck and Tony Curtis ran. Coming attractions included “Flipper’s New Adventure”, “What a Way to Go” with Shirley McLain, and “Good Neighbor Sam” with Jack Lemmon.
The Park Terrace advertised “a startling concept in theatre comfort, and attractiveness where you will experience a new world of motion picture enjoyment.” The theater had a large glass enclosed lobby and “air-flo rocking chairs”. For 1964 it was revolutionary, and Charlotte loved it. In the late-1960’s the Park Terrace Theater offered a long extended run of Disney’s “Mary Poppins”.
The Park Road shopping center opened in the late-1950’s. This was Charlotte’s first big shopping center, and featured acres of parking, and numerous stores and restaurants. Like the theater, it was revoluntionary. It’s still a popular and attractive shopping center.
Along the way the Park Terrace Theater went multi-screen / stadium seating. It’s last expansion was in 1995. The art moderne exterior is still in place. It’s charmingly dated.
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From an old Charlotte Plitt Meno,Tim Mason sold $27,563 in reduced admission tickets,I sincerely hoped they shared a per centage like GCC did with their Managers.These tickets,for those of you that do not know were sold to businesses,Schools,hospitals for those employees to see a movie for about 50 cents off the Box office price.RATS as we called them.Wow,raysson you truly know CAROLINA theatres.
Walt Disney’s MARY POPPINS played at the Park Terrace Theatre on January 22,1965 as its only Exclusive Engagement Showing in the Carolinas.It was one of the Reserved Seat Engagements in several theaters in the South.
Other cities wouldn’t get the film until April or June of 1965 as a general release in both the Carolinas.
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF when it played as a roadshow engagement at Charlotte’s Park Terrace Theatre on March 24,1972 was the only showing of the film in the Carolinas. It was a Reserved Seat Engagement with advance tickets on sale before performances. Other cities didn’t get FIDDLER ON THE ROOF until late-1972 or early 1973,even though the film was originally released on November 3,1971.
Old Plitt employees go to REMEMBERING PLITT THEATRES on Facebook, it is there for you.
Carmike Cinemas bought this theater from Cineplex Odeon in 1990 and later sold it to Consolidated Theaters (1994?)
Described in this 1965 trade article: Boxoffice
Irwin Allen’s THE TOWERING INFERNO played here in 70MM at Charlotte’s Park Terrace on December 14,1974. It was the only theatre in the two Carolinas that presented this movie in 70MM and 6 Channel Stereophonic Sound.
CAMELOT played at Charlotte’s Park Terrace Theatre on December 25,1967 as a reserved seat engagement in 70MM and Stereophonic Sound. It was the only showing of the film in the two Carolinas upon it’s roadshow release. Other cities in the Carolinas wouldn’t get CAMELOT until the July or August of 1968.
The Park Terrace was triplexed on December 10,1982 where the original auditorium was split in two sections making the seating capacity of 500 seats each in both auditoriums. The second auditorium(which opened in 1975)had a seating capacity of 600 and it was equipped with a 6 Track Dobly Stereo Sound system and was capable of showing films in 70mm. The second auditorium showed the 70mm presentations of “THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK”,“ALIEN”,“RETURN OF THE JEDI”, “INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM”,and “TOP GUN”
I have the original ad from the December 10,1982 edition of the Charlotte Observer.
“AND NOW THERE ARE THREE….” Now we have three inviting auditoriums to better serve the community with a choice of the finest films. THE PARK TERRACE-The ULTRA MODERN SHOWPLACE!! MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM PLITT SOUTHERN THEATRES!!!
Grand Opening Features for December 10,1982…..
SCREEN 1: Richard Pryor and Jackie Gleason in THE TOY
SCREEN 2: AIRPLANE II:THE SEQUEL
SCREEN 3: AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN-Richard Gere
Coming Attractions: Paul Newman in THE VERDICT