Chief Theatre

1211 Avenue H,
Lubbock, TX 79401

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MichaelKilgore
MichaelKilgore on June 18, 2020 at 2:03 am

Motion Picture Exhibitor, March 14, 1962: “W. O. Bearden has closed the Chief, Lubbock, Tex., which he has owned and operated for 23 years. He stated that he should have closed the theatre long before but had kept it open for sentimental reasons. Beardon also operates the Arcadia, indoors, and the Red Raider, Westerner, and Golden Horseshoe drive-ins, Lubbock, plus holdings in Amarillo, Tex., and Clivis (sic), N.M.”

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on March 3, 2019 at 7:43 pm

The theatre is Bar PM & Sports Grill today.

rivest266
rivest266 on June 14, 2015 at 12:28 am

October 31st, 1946 grand opening ad as well as the Arcadia uploaded in the photo section.

purpleplay
purpleplay on April 13, 2012 at 5:37 pm

The Chief and the Arcadia were actually two separate side-by-side small theaters on Ave. H. They were both open at the same time, and in later years they showed primarily Spanish-language films. The Arcadia is listed as open as late as 1967 in a Lubbock telephone directory.