Flagship Cinemas Quincy
1585 Hancock Street,
Quincy,
MA
02169
1585 Hancock Street,
Quincy,
MA
02169
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Previously operated by: Entertainment Cinemas, Flagship Premium Cinemas, National Amusements, Showcase Cinemas
Previous Names: Quincy Cinema, Quincey Cinemas
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Flagship Cinemas, outside of Boston has been around since 1995. They own and operate 112 screens in 12 theatres throughout Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maryland and Florida.
Located in the Quincey Fair Mall, the Quincy Cinema was opened by Entertainment Cinemas on June 2, 1988. On April 23, 2003 it was taken obver by National Amusements/Showcase Cinemas and renamed Quincey Cinemas. It was taken over by Flagship Cinemas on July 4, 2003 and closed under Flagship Cinemas on December 3, 2006. It was demolished in September-October 2010.
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They did heavy-duty renovation work there, so that’s why the front, and the south side look “new”.
In older comments that I can’t find anymore (maybe on a different Quincy theatre), I recall people talking about a Sears building. Is this the same one?
Yes, there was a Sears (or “Sears, Roebuck” in those days) just to the south of the Capitol Theatre and extending all the way back to the parking lots to the rear (west). The empty lot of the demolished Capitol was taken over and included in the footprint and the entire structure was heavily rebuilt and modified for the Quincy Fair Mall. I didn’t really pay much attention to what was being done there at the time.
The City of Quincy’s development planning company has a cinema in their plans. It’s located to the rear of the Flagship site, one block to the south of Granite Street and next to the Burgin Parkway. The building will have 4 or 5 levels of parking, with the cinema located above. It’s in a rather obscure corner of the area. Of course, the cinema is just a suggested activity and would require some entity to commit to it.
And the building is now totally gone.
I went by the site yesterday and there was a crew grading the empty lot.
In the Street View photo above, if you pan left, you can see the cinema attraction board on the upper wall above and behind the Fedex truck.
This opened on June 3rd, 1988. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
Good bloody riddance, too. I was living in Quincy when the cinema shut down, the staff was unutterably rude, and the facilities decidedly mediocre.
Entertainment Cinemas at Quincy Fair Mall launched on June 2, 1988. On April 23, 2003, National Amusements / Showcase Cinemas took on the venue from Entertainment Cinemas as Quincy Cinemas. National sprinted away exercising a 15-year opt out point in the leasing agreement.
Flagship Cinemas relaunched here on July 4, 2003. In January of 2006, Flagship downgraded the venue to a sub-run, discount house. They closed expectedly unexpectedly on December 3, 2006 with ads continuing after that closure date. No new operators were identified and the facility was demolished prior to the 2011 taxing liabilities kicking in.