Cinebarre West Town Stadium 9

During the extensive renovation of West Town Mall during 1998, Regal Cinemas built this entirly new multiplex on the roof of the existing mall. It also incorporated the upper floor of the former J.C. Penny store, and opened November 6, 1998 with 1,682 seats in its nine auditoriums.

Most noteworthy in the design is the Atmospheric style arcade which forms the entrance to the theatre proper. At the theatre entrance is a free standing fountain sporting a figure (with umbrella) a-la “Singin' In The Rain”.

The two story tall lobby continues the Atmospheric style theme. This isn’t Eberson quality architecture, but the designer does get an A for effort here. Ticket sales are on one side of the lobby, concessions on the other. Between the two is a valiant attempt at Spanish Baroque executed in vacu-form plastic. Rich blue lights shine upward on a dark blue lay-in tile sky. There is no cloud machine.

Past the lobby one enters a long, wide, one story tall “hold out” corridor with good tile work on the floor, exposed geometric neon on the ceiling and poster cases on the walls.

The ticket taker stands at about the mid point of this corridor. Oddly, a single auditorim has been placed behind the concession counter, requiring a 180 degree turn and a trip down a LONG velvet roped aisle back into the lobby, past the candy stand, around a couple of corners and voila, stadium seating appears in front of the wandering movie goer. It was closed for renovations on January 3, 2018 and reopened July 19, 2018. The total seating capacity has been reduced to 736.

It is a fine theatre, with the highest quality presentation standards. If the architecture isn’t Eberson, it is at least to Regal’s credit that they attempted to bring an air of excitement to the experience of going to the movies.

Recent comments (view all 15 comments)

Mike Rogers on February 22, 2010 at 6:30 pm

Well,doggone It TSLOEWS Knoxville is big enough to have a NICK, TSLOEWS,ROBIN or Mike in that city. I have written alot on the Knoxville Theatres and I LIVE IN AUGUSTA,GEORGIA.

ryderdvs on July 17, 2014 at 3:22 am

This theater was one of the “Funscapes” that Regal introduced in the late 1990’s. Funscape was one of the final nails that drove Regal into bankruptcy. My friend Chuck was the general manager here when it first opened in 1999, with The Phantom Menace being one of their first big screenings. They also had a premiere of October Sky here, with director Joe Johnston and Jake Gyllenhaal in attendance.

tntim on July 17, 2014 at 7:46 am

The exact opening date was November 6, 1998.

Chris1982 on November 2, 2014 at 2:09 pm

Address: 7600 Kingston Pike, Knoxville TN 37919. website

greenth1ng on April 9, 2015 at 11:35 am

Seating capacities at this theater:

• Theater 1 – 202 seats

• Theater 2 – 302 seats

• Theater 3 – 92 seats

• Theater 4 – 139 seats

• Theaters 5 & 6 – 225 seats

• Theater 7 – 152 seats

• Theater 8 – 203 seats

• Theater 9 – 142 seats

Theaters 1, 2, 4, & 6 are equipped to show 3D.

ryderdvs on March 4, 2016 at 6:17 am

Sorry, I meant that my friend’s first movie here, as the general manager, was The Phantom Menace.

greenth1ng on January 7, 2017 at 4:49 pm

November 6, 1998 Grand Opening Ad added to photo section.

greenth1ng on January 2, 2018 at 2:53 pm

Effective today, this theater is temporarily closed to allow for renovations to take place. The managers here said that the theater should reopen no later than May or June.

greenth1ng on July 17, 2018 at 4:09 pm

The grand reopening for this theater will take place on Thursday, July 19, 2018 and will become another Cinebarre location. New seating capacities are:

• Theaters 1 & 8 – 86 seats

• Theater 2 – 125 seats

• Theater 3 – 42 seats

• Theater 4 – 56 seats

• Theaters 5 & 6 – 101 seats

• Theater 7 – 68 seats

• Theater 9 – 71 seats

Fotomac on October 3, 2019 at 8:57 pm

Just got back from Abominable. The movie was great, though Auditorium 4’s circular polarization filter clearly needs some work. Probably worn out or something.