Casino Theatre Entertainment Center
1401 Pocono Boulevard,
Mount Pocono,
PA
18344
1401 Pocono Boulevard,
Mount Pocono,
PA
18344
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The original Casino Theatre, which will have its own CT page soon, was already a movie theater by the end of World War II.
Built in 1922, the Casino Theatre originally housed the Casino Night Club before being converted to a movie theater following Mrs. H.C. Smith of Stroudsburg purchasing the site.
Unfortunately, on March 10, 1976, a large evening fire destroyed the Casino Theatre when flames shot 50 feet above into the night sky, engulfing both the Casino Theatre and several other businesses. A total of 35 firefighters from the Pocono Mountain Volunteer Fire Department responded with four trucks, including its battalion chief, to the fire around 10:00 PM that evening. The chief, David Carey, released a statement to the Pocono Record saying that the building was completely engulfed when his men arrived and remained on scene for over two hours trying to contain the blaze. He replied that the fire’s origin was unknown nor whoever caused it, but Carey said an investigation was conducted. Residents at the scene said the theater had been broken into several times during the winter by juvenile vandals, including at one time burglarized the projection equipment. This was not possible to confirm these reports.
The entire theater was rebuilt immediately afterward, and the Casino Theatre reopened its doors with “The Sunshine Boys” on July 2, 1976, housing 325 seats.
First advertisement appeared on July 5, 1968 with “How To Save A Marriage”, but was unconfirmed if that is the correct opening date.
The Pocono Record confirmed that it was remodeled in April 1975, and yes, the Casino Theatre closed after it was sold in 2021. It was converted into a Vietnamese restaurant in May 2022.
According to Wikipedia the Casino Theater in Mt Pocono Pa was sold in 2021. The family wanted to retire. The building was remodeled into a Vietnamese Restaurant named Saigon 3. Wikipedia has the history of the Casino.
The Casino Theatre opened in 1968 as a seasonal family-oriented theater, running a mix of first and second-run films. Its format would later flip to just first-run films only. In its later years, films were shown four-to-five-days-a-week instead of the usual seven-days in the 1980s.
Monroe County PA just went through a massive renumbering over the past two years. 1401 is the new number, however since Google Maps only got our county numbered correctly just a few years prior, it will probably be a long time before they have the correct numbers again.
Yes, that is very strange.
A very cute place although showing its age. It’s also a bit odd that the screens are placed at an angle, with the projection booth being in the center of the original non-twinned theater so that the movie is displayed corner to corner in the rooms rather than center back to center front as in most theaters.