Fiesta Theater
210 6th Street,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15222
210 6th Street,
Pittsburgh,
PA
15222
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September 1, 1986 is a day that deserves to live in infamy. Losing the Fiesta and Chatham ON THE SAME DAY was the final nail in downtown Pittsburgh movie theaters. Damn you, Redstone!
The Fiesta was in the Central Business District of Pittsburgh and closed on September 1, 1986 with “The Fly.” It closed on the same day as the Chatham Cinema and three days after the Bank Cinema I & II as options in downtown were scaled back almost instantly.
Grand opening ad
FIesta theatre opening Sun, Aug 20, 1967 – Page 95 · The Pittsburgh Press (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
The zip code is wrong for this. It should be 15222
OPENED AUGUST 22, 1967
Posted article on the Fiesta closing…..
I remember the Fiesta was very long, narrow, and red. The Golden Spike next door had a doorway that connected the restaurant and the upper lobby of the theatre, near the escalators. Unlike the Chatham (which opened the year before) there was no entrance way from the parking garage. However, there was an exit from the auditorium that brought you out on one of the levels of the parking lot.
Dinner at the Golden Spike then downstairs to see a movie. I had my very first Pgh date here, moved here to go to school at Point Park, the film was either Papillon or Blume in Love. Other films seen here, Looking For Mr. Goodbar, and New York, New York. I always enjoyed seeing a film here , the intimacymade it soecial
The Fiesta seemed so elegant to me when I was a kid.
I loved the escalator, the jewel box like interior and they showed some classy movies during their heyday (including many of the titles listed above).
I still remember taking a Greyhound bus from Youngstown OH to downtown Pittsburgh back in the summer of 1974 (I wasn’t old enough to drive yet), and seeing “California Split” at the Warner, “The Parallax View” at the Fiesta, “Death Wish” at the Gateway and “That’s Entertainment!” at the Chatham all in a row. Of course, I used to do that a lot back then.
Those were the days, my friends!
1986:
01/01 Rocky IV
01/31 Youngblood
02/07 F/X
02/21 The HItcher
02/28 Hollywood Vice Squad
03/07 Runaway Train
03/14 Gung Ho
03/27 April Fool’s Day
04/11 Nightmare on Elm St. 2
05/02 Jo Jo Dancer
05/23 Cobra
06/13 The Manhattan Project
06/20 Short Circuit
06/27 American Anthem
07/02 Psycho III
07/18 Aliens
08/22 – 09/01 The Fly
1985:
01/01 Beverly Hills Cop
03/22 Friday the 13th Part 5
04/12 Ladyhawke
04/19 Ladyhawke/Cat’s Eye
04/26 Avenging Angel
05/03 Code of Silence
05/17 Certain Fury
05/22 Rambo: First Blood Part II
06/28 Pale Rider
07/10 Silverado
08/02 Fright Night
08/16 Return of the Living Dead
08/30 Women’s Prison Massacre
09/04 CLOSED
10/19 The Hills Have Eyes 2
10/25 American Ninja
11/01 Death Wish 3
11/08 Target
11/15 Krush Groove
11/27 Rocky IV
1984:
01/01 Sudden Impact
02/03 Angel
02/17 Blame It on Rio
03/09 Splash
04/06 Police Academy
05/04 Hardbodies
05/11 Firestarter
05/25 Chattanooga Choo Choo
06/01 Blind Date
06/08 Beat Street
06/25 Executioner Part II/The Slayer
06/29 Bachelor Party
07/20 Best Defense
08/03 Grandview USA
08/10 Eagle vs.Silver Fox/Golden Monkey
08/17 Sheena
08/24 Red Dawn
08/31 Bolero
09/14 Exterminator 2
09/21 The Evil That Men Do
10/05 Wild Style
10/12 Hollywood Hot Tubs
10/19 Thief of Hearts
10/26 The Terminator
11/16 Missing in Action
12/05 Beverly Hills Cop
1983:
01/01 Best Friends
01/14 The Incubus
01/21 “Q"
01/28 Sorceress
02/11 It’s Called Murder, Baby
02/18 Lovesick
03/04 Spring Fever
03/18 Tootsie
03/25 Spring Break
04/15 Flashdance
05/13 Blue Thunder
06/03 Psycho II
06/17 Superman III
07/15 Staying Alive
08/19 Getting It On
08/26 Strange Brew
09/02 Smokey & the Bandit Part 3
09/09 Xtro
09/16 Street Gang
09/23 Cujo/Twilight Zone
09/30 Halloween
10/07 Never Say Never Again
10/28 Richard Pryor Here & Now
11/18 A Night in Heaven
12/09 Sudden Impact
1982:
01/01 Taps
01/22 On Golden Pond
04/02 Some Kind of Hero
05/07 Paradise
05/21 Fantasies
05/28 Visiting Hours
06/04 – 06/10 CLOSED
06/11 Grease 2
06/25 The Thing
07/16 Raiders of the Lost Ark
07/23 Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
09/03 The Soldier
09/17 Inchon
10/01 Fast Times at Ridgemont High
10/22 First Blood
12/17 Best Friends
Jan. – Oct. 1981:
01/01 Popeye
01/23 The Private Eyes
02/06 Blood Beach
02/13 Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
02/20 Raging Bull
03/20 The Postman Always Rings Twice
04/10 Going Ape!
04/24 Heaven’s Gate
05/08 Lion of the Desert
05/22 Bustin' Loose
06/19 The Cannonball Run
07/17 Endless Love
08/21 First Monday in October
09/18 Continental Divide
10/02 Paternity
10/23 Carbon Copy
10/30 Looker
71 Dude, Can you suggest a way to enlarge newspaper files such as the one you posted above? I can never read those because they’re too small. Need the key to magnifying them but cannot locate one.
Grand opening ad from 1967:
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July 1980:
07/01 Urban Cowboy
07/11 Airplane!
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Picture from Nov. 1983:
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Jan. – Oct. 1981 will be provided at a later date.
Nov.-Dec. 1981:
11/01 Looker
11/13 Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
11/20 Raiders of the Lost Ark
12/11 Rollover
12/30 Taps
Renewing link.
1980 (missing July):
01/01 1941
01/23 The Bermuda Triangle
02/08 Last Married Couple in America
02/29 Going in Style
03/07 Breaking Away
03/28 The Black Stallion
05/23 The Changeling
06/11 Urban Cowboy
08/01 Airplane!
08/08 The Hunter
08/29 Raise the Titanic
09/12 Fame
09/26 Willie & Phil
10/10 Ordinary People
12/12 Popeye
1979:
02/09 Quintet
02/23 The Brink’s Job
03/16 North Avenue Irregulars
04/04 The Champ
05/18 Hanover Street
06/01 Richard Pryor Live in Concert
06/22 The Main Event
08/17 The Concorde – Airport ‘79
08/31 Seduction of Joe Tynan
10/05 “10"
11/09 Yanks
12/07 Young Frankenstein/12 Chairs/High Anxiety/The Producers/Blazing Saddles
12/11 DARK
12/14 1941
December 16, 1977 – December 31, 1978:
12/16/77 Saturday Night Fever
04/19/78 Coming Home
06/09/78 Damien: Omen II
07/19/78 Madame Rosa
08/04/78 Animal House
10/06/78 Goin' South
11/01/78 Message From Space
11/17/78 Midnight Express
12/20/78 King of the Gypsies