PGA Cinema 6
4076 PGA Boulevard,
Palm Beach Gardens,
FL
33410
4076 PGA Boulevard,
Palm Beach Gardens,
FL
33410
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Previously operated by: BMC Theatres, General Cinema Corp.
Previous Names: PGA Gardens Cinemax 6, PGA Arts Center
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Opened on March 18, 1983 by GCC. Known to have regularly shown some independent movies. It was closed on September 28, 2000 when GCC went broke. It was reopened by BMC Theatres on June 1, 2001 and they closed in on March 21, 2010. On April 23, 2010 it was reopened as the PGA Gardens Cinemax 6 and closed on September 5, 2011. It was reopened March 3, 2016, but closed November 2016. On February 2, 2017 it reopened as the PGA Arts Center, using two screens as live theatre spaces, but that closed on November 18, 2018. It was demolished in October 2024.
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General Cinema opened the PGA 6 in 1983, with two decent stereo auditoriums and GCC’s soon-to-be-obsolete corrugated metal walls. Local independent BMC Cinemas came on board after GCC’s departure from Florida; PGA was their most enduring site after taking over and eventually closing other local multiplexes from the majors.
Pre opening ad March 16th, 1983 is at View link
Grand opening ad on March 18th on this and next page at View link
Cool.
Look like it closed again as of November 20th, 2011.
This time, they may not be back. Redevelopment for big-box retail may be next.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/6-screen-pga-gardens-cinamax-closes-1826031.html
Reopened today 3/3/16 http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/news/local/palm-beach-gardens-movie-theater-reopening-in-loeh/nqcFT/?icmp=pbp_internallink_referralbox_free-to-premium-referral
Closed October 7th, 2016. http://www.pgacinema.com/
The Loehmann’s Plaza held its groundbreaking on December 10, 1981 with General Cinema and Loehmann’s discount store ready to hit the fairway. A&E Design Inc. of Tampa were the architects of the course. General Cinema teed up the 1,380-seat PGA Cinema VI in the Plaza on March 18th, 1983. GCC left the market on September 28, 2000 triple bogeying into Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the near future.
On June 1, 2001, Carmi Djiji’s BMC Cinemas took a mulligan restarting the venue on a new 15-year leasing agreement as the BMC PGA Cinema 6 playing a combination of art films and Hollywood hits. Landing in the sand trap, BMC left the PGA tour on March 21, 2010.
Playing on the Senior Tour circuit, the venue came back against all odds as the PGA Gardens Cinemax 6 playing foreign and independent films beginning April 23, 2010. That lasted until the operator had used the last ball in the bag closing on September 5, 2011. Slated for demolition for a big box store in 2011, city regulations thwarted the deal so the theater had closed for no reason and the struggling Loehmann Plaza continued operations well over par.
And, speaking of no reason, the theater was rebooted once again - 5 years later (!) as duffers tried to operate in an almost impossible business environment teeing off on March 3, 2016 independently with “titles to be announced.” It is believed that only two auditoriums were in operation that day with showing “Aftermath” and “Safety Not Guaranteed.” This iteration outperformed all sports betters predictions lasting all the way to the “over” before closing in November of 2016 when the electric golf cart ran out of electricity. A Facebook message said - perhaps in humor - “closed temporarily.” For film lovers, it was time to head to the 19th hole.
New operators decided to buy a new set of clubs and use two auditoria for live stage plays. That began on February 2, 2017 as the PGA Arts Center. With winter rules in effect, the Center was closed for the season on November 18, 2018. I decided to reopen the venue as a movie house in October of 2024 - because why not? But I arrived only to see the former cinema being demolished; so I headed to the club house to drown my sorrows in six Arnold Palmers in final memory of each auditorium. The PGA Cinema had been forcibly and permanently removed from further tour play dates.