Chuck 1231:
The Tri-City Shopping Center opened in the late-1960’s as the town’s second largest shopping center after the opening of the Richmond Plaza which opened in 1966 as Rockingham’s first-ever shopping center. The Tri-City Shopping Center OR Tri-City Plaza was anchored by two grocery stores on opposite ends…..One was an A&P Food Store(which is now Sav-N-Center),and on the other end was a Harris Teeter(formerly Big M Stores),and a huge Mason’s Department Store(which was at one time a K-Mart and before that was a Grant City Department Store)along with a Eckerd Drugs and other speciality shops. The Mason’s Store closed in the mid-1970’s and a K-Mart was added in that same spot which also closed around 2002 or 2004(A Lowes Home Improvement Warehouse Center now sits in that section where the former Mason’s,the former K-Mart,Eckerd Drugs and Harris Teeter once were)that was Highway 74 East. The theatre was on the opposite side of the Tri-City Shopping Center facing East Broad Avenue and Biltmore Drive across from the Richmond Plaza.
Chuck 1231:
This theatre was located in the Tri-City Shopping Center on East Broad Avenue in Rockingham,NC. It was on the opposite side of the shopping center right next door to a Radio Shack. It opened in 1977 as a twin cinema under Martin Theatres. The Plaza Twin was Rockingham’s first-ever twin theatre. Carmike closed this theatre in 2002 when it was a multiplex.
IN FACT:
The Tri-City Shopping Center was across the street from the Richmond Plaza Shopping Center on East Broad Avenue right on that stretch of Highway 74 Business in Rockingham.
raysson:
THE TEXAS ROADHOUSE OF STEAKS RESTAURANT opened in February of 2012 where the formerly Town and Country Twin Theatres once stood that closed in 2007 and was demolished by 2011. Reason? I pass by this theatre on a road trip through Southern Pines/Aberdeen right off Highway U.S. 1/15/501 on a Sunday afternoon to find out that this theatre was demolished and a restaurant was built on the same lot where the cinema once stood.
The design was the same as several that Wilby-Kincey was building at the time that were ULTRAVISION theatres with seating capacities of 740-790 with full 70MM capability,
and full Stereophonic Surround Sound in all auditoriums.
By 1987-1988 Greensboro based Janus Theatres Group acquired this theatre(THE TERRACE) after it was bought out by Cineplex Odeon and Plitt Theatres. Janus Theatres also acquired the Janus Theatres 1 & 2 as well after it bought out Brandt Theatres Group(aka Trans Lux Cinemas).
This was one of the theatres Martin acquired in 1975 when it was a single screen movie house as the Park Theatre. It was twinned by 1978 under Martin Theatres.
You’re right 5 Minutes….this theater was located at the intersection of South Church Street at Huffman Mill Road that was across the street from which was called the Holly Hill Mall(which is now the Colonial Mall)that opened on March 13,1970 as a 700-seat single screen theatre under Wilby-Kincey/ABC Theatres. It was Burlington’s first-ever ULTRAVISION theatre. Was twinned in March of 1974 when a second auditorium was built adjenct to the original auditorium. It was renamed the Terrace I & II under ABC Southeastern Theatres. By the mid-1980’s,the second auditorium was split down the middle into two sections,creating two shoebox auditoriums with smaller screens. By 1988 or 1989,it was split down the middle again as it when from three to six screens creating extra shoebox quads with smaller screens not to mention at the time Janus Theatres bought out the Terrace Theatres from Cineplex Odeon and Plitt Theatres. It remained a six screen cinema until the mid-1990’s when Janus Theatres began construction on a huge 14-plex called the West End Cinemas 14 that was just a half-mile down from the Terrace and nearby Holly Hill Mall that was set to open in November of 1996 to muscle in the competition. The Terrace Theatres closed in December of 1996 and was demolished in 2000. A Lowes Home Improvement Warehouse and a Rite-Aid Pharmacy now sits where the former Terrace Theatres once stood.
Opened on March 13,1970 under Wilby-Kincey Theatres/ABC Southeastern Theatres. It was a 700 seat single screen ULTRAVISION theatre. The premiere attraction for the grand opening of Burlington’s first-ever ULTRAVISION theatre was Walt Disney’s “THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES” Starring Kurt Russell,Joe Flynn and Cesar Romero.
THE COMING ATTRACTIONS FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF THE TERRACE THEATRE…BURLINGTON’S ULTRAVISION THEATRE!!!
-The Alamance County Exclusive Engagement Showing of “GONE WITH THE WIND”-Starring Clark Gable…….
-Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in “WINNING”
-The colossal hit of 1970 “AIRPORT!”-With Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin and with an all-star cast!!!!
This theatre was never a eight screener in 1996…I had the original newspaper ad from 1996…this theatre was a six screener under Janus Theatres. It closed in December of 1996,when the West End Cinemas 14 just a half-mile down on South Church Street from Holly Hill Mall put this theatre out of business. It was demolished in 2000.
The theater is located where a Lowes Home Improvement Store is now and a Rite Aid Pharmacy…right at the intersection of South Church Street and Huffman Mill Road across from the Holly Hill Mall(which is now Colonial Mall).
The TERRACE THEATRE in Burlington opened on March 13,1970 a week before the opening of the Trans Lux Inflight Cinema,aka The Janus Theatres that opened on March 23,1970.
Operated under Charlotte based Stewart and Everett Theatres. It closed in the mid-1980’s before Carmike acquired all of the Stewart and Everett movie houses.
I passed by this theatre the other day,which was on a Sunday to find out that the Town and Country I & II in Aberdeen/Southern Pines has been demolished as of 2011.
A TEXAS ROADHOUSE OF STEAKS RESTAURANT has been built and opened in early 2012 where the former twin cinema once stood. As of now,the Sandhills Cinema 10 on Brucewood Road is the only multiplex theatre in all of Moore County serving Southern Pines/Aberdeen.
About to be mention here as well:
Regal recently had plans to built a multiplex right off Fordham Boulevard at the intersection of Sage Road(where the former site which was Borders Book Store that closed its doors in early 2011)right next door to the Lowes Home Improvement Warehouse that was convenience to nearby Highway 15-501 and not far from where the original Village Plaza Theatres were located. Guess what?
Regal rejected that idea not to build a multiplex cinema on the site of the former Borders Book Store,not to even mention the environmentalists and the backward liberals who are on the board committee of the Chapel Hill Town Council and the upper management of the powers that be at Regal Entertainment who decided not to do so.
However,it is still up in the air,as Ambassador Entertainment(which is based in Raleigh under founder and CEO Bill Peebles that has three movie theatres operating in the Raleigh area plus the Lumina Theatres at Southern Village that is based in Chapel Hill) is looking to add another cinema on that section of town where the former Borders Book Store used to be! Also eyeing this is Carmike as well!!!
This was one of the theatres Carmike Cinemas acquired in 1982 from Martin Theatres.
George Lucas' STAR WARS played here at the Plaza Twin on July 8,1977 on Screen Two to capacity crowds.
Chuck 1231: The Tri-City Shopping Center opened in the late-1960’s as the town’s second largest shopping center after the opening of the Richmond Plaza which opened in 1966 as Rockingham’s first-ever shopping center. The Tri-City Shopping Center OR Tri-City Plaza was anchored by two grocery stores on opposite ends…..One was an A&P Food Store(which is now Sav-N-Center),and on the other end was a Harris Teeter(formerly Big M Stores),and a huge Mason’s Department Store(which was at one time a K-Mart and before that was a Grant City Department Store)along with a Eckerd Drugs and other speciality shops. The Mason’s Store closed in the mid-1970’s and a K-Mart was added in that same spot which also closed around 2002 or 2004(A Lowes Home Improvement Warehouse Center now sits in that section where the former Mason’s,the former K-Mart,Eckerd Drugs and Harris Teeter once were)that was Highway 74 East. The theatre was on the opposite side of the Tri-City Shopping Center facing East Broad Avenue and Biltmore Drive across from the Richmond Plaza.
Chuck 1231: This theatre was located in the Tri-City Shopping Center on East Broad Avenue in Rockingham,NC. It was on the opposite side of the shopping center right next door to a Radio Shack. It opened in 1977 as a twin cinema under Martin Theatres. The Plaza Twin was Rockingham’s first-ever twin theatre. Carmike closed this theatre in 2002 when it was a multiplex.
IN FACT: The Tri-City Shopping Center was across the street from the Richmond Plaza Shopping Center on East Broad Avenue right on that stretch of Highway 74 Business in Rockingham.
raysson: THE TEXAS ROADHOUSE OF STEAKS RESTAURANT opened in February of 2012 where the formerly Town and Country Twin Theatres once stood that closed in 2007 and was demolished by 2011. Reason? I pass by this theatre on a road trip through Southern Pines/Aberdeen right off Highway U.S. 1/15/501 on a Sunday afternoon to find out that this theatre was demolished and a restaurant was built on the same lot where the cinema once stood.
Leave it to the powers that be at Carmike Cinemas to really kill off a good IMAX Theatre Conversion.
It will also be shown in the Charlotte,NC area…. Probably at either Park Terrace or Concord Mills 24 that has the full 70MM capability.
I don’t know about anywhere else in the South with the exception of Atlanta, Dallas, New Orleans,or Baltimore.
The Park Terrace Theatre in Charlotte was the first ULTRAVISION theatre in the Carolinas when it opened on May 28,1964 under Wilby-Kincey Theatres.
The design was the same as several that Wilby-Kincey was building at the time that were ULTRAVISION theatres with seating capacities of 740-790 with full 70MM capability, and full Stereophonic Surround Sound in all auditoriums.
Richland Mall-Columbia, SC (1966)
Center-Durham, NC (1966)
Terrace-Greensboro,NC (1966)
Cardinal-Raleigh,NC (1967)
Terrace-Asheville,NC (1967)
Gaston Mall-Gastonia,NC (1967)
Camelot-Myrtle Beach,SC (1967)
Terrace-Salisbury,NC (1969)
Cardinal-Fayetteville,NC (1971)
Terrace-Hickory,NC (1968)
Cardinal-Rocky Mount,NC (1972)
Park Terrace-Charlotte,NC (1964)
Tryon Mall,Charlotte,NC (1972)
Terrace-Charleston,SC (1969)
Ultravision-Charleston,SC (1969)
Cardinal-Jacksonville,NC (1969)
Terrace-Burlington,NC (1970)
Crown-Florence,SC (1969)
Thruway-Winston Salem,NC (1969)
By 1987-1988 Greensboro based Janus Theatres Group acquired this theatre(THE TERRACE) after it was bought out by Cineplex Odeon and Plitt Theatres. Janus Theatres also acquired the Janus Theatres 1 & 2 as well after it bought out Brandt Theatres Group(aka Trans Lux Cinemas).
This was one of the theatres Martin acquired in 1975 when it was a single screen movie house as the Park Theatre. It was twinned by 1978 under Martin Theatres.
This was one of the theatres Carmike Cinemas acquired in 1982.
Address: 125 Huffman Mill Road
You’re right 5 Minutes….this theater was located at the intersection of South Church Street at Huffman Mill Road that was across the street from which was called the Holly Hill Mall(which is now the Colonial Mall)that opened on March 13,1970 as a 700-seat single screen theatre under Wilby-Kincey/ABC Theatres. It was Burlington’s first-ever ULTRAVISION theatre. Was twinned in March of 1974 when a second auditorium was built adjenct to the original auditorium. It was renamed the Terrace I & II under ABC Southeastern Theatres. By the mid-1980’s,the second auditorium was split down the middle into two sections,creating two shoebox auditoriums with smaller screens. By 1988 or 1989,it was split down the middle again as it when from three to six screens creating extra shoebox quads with smaller screens not to mention at the time Janus Theatres bought out the Terrace Theatres from Cineplex Odeon and Plitt Theatres. It remained a six screen cinema until the mid-1990’s when Janus Theatres began construction on a huge 14-plex called the West End Cinemas 14 that was just a half-mile down from the Terrace and nearby Holly Hill Mall that was set to open in November of 1996 to muscle in the competition. The Terrace Theatres closed in December of 1996 and was demolished in 2000. A Lowes Home Improvement Warehouse and a Rite-Aid Pharmacy now sits where the former Terrace Theatres once stood.
Opened on March 13,1970 under Wilby-Kincey Theatres/ABC Southeastern Theatres. It was a 700 seat single screen ULTRAVISION theatre. The premiere attraction for the grand opening of Burlington’s first-ever ULTRAVISION theatre was Walt Disney’s “THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES” Starring Kurt Russell,Joe Flynn and Cesar Romero.
THE COMING ATTRACTIONS FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF THE TERRACE THEATRE…BURLINGTON’S ULTRAVISION THEATRE!!!
-The Alamance County Exclusive Engagement Showing of “GONE WITH THE WIND”-Starring Clark Gable…….
-Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in “WINNING”
-The colossal hit of 1970 “AIRPORT!”-With Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin and with an all-star cast!!!!
-The comedy smash hit of the decade “MAS*H”
THEATRE HISTORY:
1970-1978 Wilby-Kincey/ABC Southeastern Theatres
1978-1987 Plitt Southern Theatres
1987-1990 Cineplex Odeon Corporation/Plitt Southern
1990-1996 Janus Theatres Group
This theatre was never a eight screener in 1996…I had the original newspaper ad from 1996…this theatre was a six screener under Janus Theatres. It closed in December of 1996,when the West End Cinemas 14 just a half-mile down on South Church Street from Holly Hill Mall put this theatre out of business. It was demolished in 2000.
The theater is located where a Lowes Home Improvement Store is now and a Rite Aid Pharmacy…right at the intersection of South Church Street and Huffman Mill Road across from the Holly Hill Mall(which is now Colonial Mall).
The TERRACE THEATRE in Burlington opened on March 13,1970 a week before the opening of the Trans Lux Inflight Cinema,aka The Janus Theatres that opened on March 23,1970.
This theatre opened around the same time as the ULTRAVISION THEATRE in Charleston around 1969.
Owned and operated under Marketplace Theatres.
Operated under Charlotte based Stewart and Everett Theatres. It closed in the mid-1980’s before Carmike acquired all of the Stewart and Everett movie houses.
Mike,
It closed in 1978 under ABC Southeastern Theatres.
I passed by this theatre the other day,which was on a Sunday to find out that the Town and Country I & II in Aberdeen/Southern Pines has been demolished as of 2011.
A TEXAS ROADHOUSE OF STEAKS RESTAURANT has been built and opened in early 2012 where the former twin cinema once stood. As of now,the Sandhills Cinema 10 on Brucewood Road is the only multiplex theatre in all of Moore County serving Southern Pines/Aberdeen.
About to be mention here as well: Regal recently had plans to built a multiplex right off Fordham Boulevard at the intersection of Sage Road(where the former site which was Borders Book Store that closed its doors in early 2011)right next door to the Lowes Home Improvement Warehouse that was convenience to nearby Highway 15-501 and not far from where the original Village Plaza Theatres were located. Guess what?
Regal rejected that idea not to build a multiplex cinema on the site of the former Borders Book Store,not to even mention the environmentalists and the backward liberals who are on the board committee of the Chapel Hill Town Council and the upper management of the powers that be at Regal Entertainment who decided not to do so.
However,it is still up in the air,as Ambassador Entertainment(which is based in Raleigh under founder and CEO Bill Peebles that has three movie theatres operating in the Raleigh area plus the Lumina Theatres at Southern Village that is based in Chapel Hill) is looking to add another cinema on that section of town where the former Borders Book Store used to be! Also eyeing this is Carmike as well!!!