Glen Cove Theatres
5 School Street,
Glen Cove,
NY
11542
5 School Street,
Glen Cove,
NY
11542
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The Glen Cove Cinemas is an attractive and well kept theater with comfortable auditoriums. Built by Cineplex, each screen has seating for over 200. Later operated by Loews, since 2005, it operated as an independent movie theatre, known as Glen Cove Theatres. It was closed in March 2013.
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The theatre is no longer part of the Loews theatre chain. It is now an independent. Its booking service is Lesser.
So it’s not part of the Loews theater chain now…how is this theater holding up? A big deal was made when it opened around 1990 as part of the re-emergence of Glen Cove’s downtown area.
This theater doesn’t do well because it’s as run down as the town it’s in the heart of. Most recent thing I recall seeing here was Spongebob Squarepants Movie, and we had to move our small party three times because of broken seats. Beyond that, the seats are small and crowded, everything from lobby to aisle carpeting was obviously worn and stained, and one of the speakers buzzed constantly. My daughter was there for a Madagascar birthday party last June, and it didn’t look any better.
Minor correction to an earlier comment: GC’s other theaters closed in the late 70’s, not early. See my comments on both Town and Glen Theaters for more.
This NY Times story from 2002 about L.I. theaters mentions that an architect named James Thomas Martino designed a “new six-screen theater for downtown Glen Cove”. Are there any other six screen theaters in Glen Cove? If not, then James Thomas Martino designed this theater.
This theater has all 6 films playing all starting their shows at 7 pm. How can a theater survive just showing 1 show a day on weekdays especially a multiplex?
The booth runs well, not too bad of equipment.
Typical Cineplex installation.
This is the theater website
http://www.glencovetheaters.com/
When the Cineplex Odeon Glen Cove Cinemas first opened in the early 1990s, I was the one responsible for getting its licenses. back then the mayor of Glen Cove was so happy to have a theater in town again, there were hardly any licenses that needed to be gotten. All I had to do was put up Occupancy Limit signs for the auditoriums. I am looking for Ray the original manager, who I’m quite certain eventually moved to the Atlanta area. Through the Loews Cineplex years, I was responsible for code compliance and i did visit there a couple of times. The only violations we ever got was for failure to shovel snow or break up ice fast enough after a storm on the path outside the theater.
Apparently this theater has been closed again since late March. http://glencove.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/theater-remains-closed-as-negotiations-continue