Malco Razorback 6
2035 N. College Avenue,
Fayetteville,
AR
72703
2035 N. College Avenue,
Fayetteville,
AR
72703
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Previously operated by: Malco Theatres Inc.
Functions: Church
Previous Names: Malco Razorback Twin Theater, Malco Razorback Quartet
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An ugly box of a building, the Malco Theatres, Inc., chain kept it open far beyond any cinema of its low quality should have operated. It opened on April 22, 1977 when Malco closed down the U-Ark Theater on Dickson Street. Such a sad event! [The U-Ark was the best older cinema in northwest Arkansas and remains a prime candidate for restoration.]
Such classics as “Jaws,” “Star Wars” and “Apocalypse Now” opened at the Razorback Twin. It became a four-screen theatre, named Malco Razorback Quartet. It eventually became a 6-screen theatre.
It closed in 2009 when Malco opened the new Razorback multiplex several miles to the north.
Today the building was renovated and reopened as a World Gym franchise operation. That closed in 2019 and later that year it became a church.
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David Orr
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I’m going to have to kindly disagree with you on the matter of the Razorback’s beauty and it’s quality, David. Though I’ll certainly not deny that the building was a big old box shape.
The theater ended it’s days as the Malco Razorback 6, a six screened theater by the way.
Opened On April 22, 1977 With Walt Disney’s “The Littlest Horse Thieves” And “The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh” On Screen 1, And “Fun With Dick And Jane” On Screen 2.
Once known as the “Malco Razorback Quartet” when the theater became a four-screen theater in December 1984. Two more screens were added in 1989 bringing a total to six and was renamed “Malco Razorback 6”.
The gym closed in 2019, and was later converted to a church that same year.