Florin Family Savings Cinema
5550 Sky Parkway,
Sacramento,
CA
95823
5550 Sky Parkway,
Sacramento,
CA
95823
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Previously operated by: ABC Theatres, Plitt Theatres, Syufy Enterprises, Wallace Theaters
Functions: Church
Previous Names: State Theatres 1 & 2
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Located off Florin Road at the rear of the Florin Shopping Center. This theatre opened as the State Theatres 1 & 2 with two screens on May 24, 1972. Opening movies were Charlton Heston in “Skyjacked” in Screen 1 & Shirley MacLaine in “The Posession of Joel Delaney” and Mia Farrow in “Rosemary’s Baby” in Screen 2. It was operated by ABC Theatres and later by Syufy Enterprises who converted it to a 6 plex. It was last operated by Wallace Theatres until it closed under the name of Florin Family Savings Cinema on October 7, 1999.
The building is now used as a church.
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i remember going to this theater many times when i lived in South Sacramento . this was the only movie theater near my house . i seen a lot of mivies here the last movie i saw was daylight with Sylvester Stallon this was like in 1995 then i moved back to the Bay Area . i had no idea this movie was closed i was recently in Sacramento and i seen that it was c losed i belive it’s a church now . also i notice that the Florin mall is all gone man the area has changed .
heres some pictures of the old State Theater in the 70s and 80s .
http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/2755.html
Wow! I remember this old theater when I was growing up. The movies I saw here we’re Jurassic Park, Surf Ninjas, and Captain Ron. It was located in a neighborhood that doesn’t have the best reputation and around 1993 or 94 somebody got shot in one of the theaters. It was closed shortly after and turned into a church.
This theatre and the Capitol twin cinemas both opened on May 24th, 1972. Grand opening ad posted.
Opened on screen 1 with “Skyjacked” and screen 2 with “The possession of Joel Delaney” and “Rosemary’s baby”.
Please add Plitt theaters as a former operator
This reopened as the Florin Family Savings Cinema on May 31st, 1996 by Wallace theatre. Enlarged to six screens on August 12th, 1983.
The Florin Family Savings Cinema closed its doors for the final time on October 7, 1999.
Absolute worst theater I’ve ever been to- 2 theaters split into 6, all with mono sound though that was upgraded when Wallace took it over. Went with friends on July 4th 1988 to see “Big”, getting my mom to drive us as I thought it would be better than the twinned Varsity in Davis, boy was I wrong. Preview started with no sound, film stopped and we had missed the first few minutes after it re-started, lights came up in the middle also. We snuck into “Coming to America” afterwards and sound was also mono and rattly, also out of focus. Syufy closed it the week the newer Elk Grove theater opened and became a discount theater under Wallace.
Building is now called “Greater Grace Worship Center”- wondering what the inside looks like, if the auditoriums were un-divided and what’s in the projection booth now?