Violet Crown Charlottesville

200 W. Main Street,
Charlottesville, VA 22902

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rivest266
rivest266 on June 30, 2023 at 2:55 pm

This was opened on August 2nd, 1996, as the Regal Downtown Mall Cinema 6. Grand opening ad posted.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on December 18, 2017 at 10:23 pm

An existing retail building was converted into the Regal Downtown Mall Cinemas in 1996. This very large digital document contains, along with much bureaucratic red tape and letters from attorneys, some photos and renderings of the Violet Crown Cinema, and some drawings by the three architectural firms involved in the project: local firm Stoneking/Von Storch Architects, the original designers; Austin-based Domiteaux + Baggett Architects, a firm previously associated with the owners of Violet Crown Cinemas; and TK Architects, of Kansas City, theater specialists brought rather late in the game to finish the project.

Giles
Giles on October 26, 2015 at 11:00 pm

reopening as a new theater for this Fall’s Virginia Film Festival

“Regal Cinema’s movie theater monopoly in Charlottesville has ended, and the new kid on the block is planning to serve up something sure to have local cinephiles salivating: a Downtown theater that offers upscale food and cocktails along with indie film fare.

William S. Banowsky, Jr., owner of Violet Crown Cinema in Austin, is partnering with Downtown Regal building owner Dorothy Batten to open the next in what Banowsky hopes will be a successful chain of arthouse-cum-bar-and-restaurant theaters across the country (another is in the works in Santa Fe)."

official reopening Friday Oct. 30th

http://charlottesville.violetcrowncinemas.com/

Mikeoaklandpark
Mikeoaklandpark on November 25, 2014 at 5:59 pm

:(

Mike Richardson
Mike Richardson on November 25, 2014 at 5:21 pm

Closed. Last shows were Thursday November 20, 2014

Mike Richardson
Mike Richardson on January 27, 2013 at 3:04 pm

To Giles: It is an all digital theater now.
To Chuck1231: More like ‘95, '96

Giles
Giles on November 5, 2012 at 11:26 am

saw a few great movies this last past weekend at the Virginia Film Festival – from what I can tell, this is an all ‘digital’ theater now – only one theater had a problem with a DCP and a DVD screener was shown instead – (ick! and boy was it obvious in terms of resolution). Interestingly, since the new Regal is opening over at the Stonefield Mall – the movies here at the downtown location will all be foreign, indie releases. [Thumbs up!] This is great since the screens tend to be placed high on the walls of the auditoriums, and viewing subtitles unobstructed is non-problematic.