Richland Mall Theatres

raysond5366 on March 8, 2023 at 12:29 am

CORRECTION: The Richland Mall Theatre opened on July 8, 1966 as a single screen theatre that seated 750 that was one of several ULTRAVISION theatres in the Carolinas that was equipped for showing 70mm presentations under Wiley Kincey Theatres(later under ABC Southeastern Theatres).

On December 27, 1974 it was twinned and was named The Richland Mall Theatres I & II under ABC Southeastern Theatres and later under Plitt Southern Theatres as Richland Mall.

On November 9, 1984 it went from two to four screens when the original auditoriums were split down the middle making it shoebox size auditoriums with smaller screens when the theatre was operated under Plitt Theatres and Cineplex Odeon Cinemas until it’s closing on September 7, 1987 when operators began construction on the expansion of the Richland Mall.

rivest266 on September 4, 2017 at 3:55 pm

2 screens on December 27th, 1974 and 4 screens on November 9th, 1984. 2 more ads in the photo section.

rivest266 on September 3, 2017 at 6:52 pm

Correction: It opened on July 8th, 1966. Grand opening ad with picture in photo section.

raysson on May 23, 2012 at 5:42 pm

This cinema was also under Plitt Southern Theatres too during the late-1970’s and early to mid-1980’s. It was operated under Cineplex Odeon before it closed in the mid-1990’s