Suburban Plaza Theatre
1512 Church Street,
Decatur,
GA
30030
1512 Church Street,
Decatur,
GA
30030
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Previously operated by: Georgia Theater Company, Martin Theatres
Previous Names: Eastgate Theatre
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Opened by Martin Theatres in January 1965 as the Eastgate Theatre. It became part of the Georgia Theatre chain, the Suburban Plaza Theatre was a modest, clean and respectable single screen venue, although not very ornate. It seems almost every cinema, even if it was already part of a multiplex, was split in two during the 1970’s and the Suburban Theatre did not escape this blight being twinned on November 8, 1974. The Suburban Theatre was closed on August 31, 1984 with Walt Disney’s “The Jungle book” & Kevin Bacon in “Footloose”. It was soon demolished, its site was given over to more retail shops.
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The Suburban Plaza opened as a Martin theatre in the early 1960s and was initially called the Eastgate.
SUBURBAN PLAZA THEATRE TICKET STUBS.
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I live close to Suburban Plaza and shop there quite a bit. I had no idea there used to be a theater there (I grew up on the other side of town). That explains the HUGE parking lot, and the mostly-vacant extra buildings there.
Dennis: Thank you for posting that picture. I have never seen a view of the theater from the Martin days. That group standing in front is too large to be the theater staff I would think. Do you know who it is?
Stan: The people standing in front of the theatre were Atlanta Times (newpaper) carriers and their district managers. It was one of the fringe benefits for those kids to see current films.
Stan: Check out this link. http://next-stop-decatur-ga.blogspot.com/2015/07/remembering-martins-eastgate-suburban.html
The Eastgate and the Westgate Twin both opened on January 28th, 1965. Grand opening ad in photo section and below.
Two screens on November 8th, 1974. Great little ad below.
Closed in 1984.
Closed on August 31, 1984 with Disney’s “The Jungle Book” at Screen 1 and “Footloose” at Screen 2.