Bannister Mall 5 Cinemas

rivest266 on October 2, 2020 at 12:39 am

December 18th

Commonwealth Bannister Mall cinemas opening Thu, Dec 18, 1980 – 21 · The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) · Newspapers.com

OKCdoorman on December 31, 2016 at 10:54 pm

After several days of a small box ad stating, “5 Incredible Gifts for KC! THE BANNISTER MALL CINEMAS' GRAND OPENING” (with no indication it was a Commonwealth house), it finally opened Friday, December 19, 1980, with Jane Fonda in 9 TO 5 in three auditoriums, Marlon Brando and George C. Scott in THE FORMULA, and Disney’s THE ARISTOCATS. (Local radio station KY-102—now known as KCKC—along with the theater offered a Puerto Vallarta vacation for two in a premiere contest.)

Closed by UA on Thursday, February 4, 1999, with STAR TREK INSURRECTION, RUGRATS, A BUG’S LIFE, DOWN IN THE DELTA, and STEPMOM.

Re-opened Friday, September 3, 1999, as an independently-owned $1.50 house with Brendan Fraser in THE MUMMY, Disney’s TARZAN, THE PRINCE OF EGYPT, MUPPETS IN SPACE, Will Smith in WILD WILD WEST, LAKE PLACID, SOUTH PARK: BIGGER LONGER & UNCUT, and BIG DADDY.

Limped along for a month before finally shuttering for good on Sunday, October 3, 1999, with THE HAUNTING, THE MUMMY, Omar Epps in THE WOOD, Disney’s TARZAN, MUPPETS IN SPACE, WILD WILD WEST, BIG DADDY, and THE MATRIX. [Kansas City Star]

rivest266 on August 6, 2012 at 1:00 pm

Chuck1231, you are right, I pulled my early comment from this page.