Sabal Palms Luxury Cinemas 6

The Village Theatre opened for McGuire Cinema Circuit in February of 1969 in the Searstown Shopping Center which had a Sears and a Woolworth’s. The theatre raised eyebrows with midnight X-rated films in the 1970s. The theatre was twinned in 1977 becoming the Village Twin Theatre 1 & 2. The theatre played “ET” for five months only closing in November of 1982 for the theatre to be redesigned as a six-plex, the Village Theatres VI relaunching in December of 1982.

The theatres closed briefly when the entire Searstown Shopping Center became the Sabal Palms Plaza in August of 1985 and theatre became the Sabal Palms Cinema VI. It later became the Sabal Palms Luxury Cinemas 6.

On January 9th, 1969, the Village Theatre premiered with “Cocgan’s Bluff” and was taken over by Chris McGuire theatres on September 12th, 1969. Cobb Theatres took over on April 4th, 1977, and added a second screen on April 4th, 1977, before expanding to its present six screens on December 17th, 1982. Regal Cinemas bought it in 1997, Sunstar Theatres in 2002, and Nova Theatres in 2005. Grand opening ads and pictures uploaded in the photo section.

This closed in 1999 by Regal Cinemas and reopened by Sunstar Theatres on January 18th, 2002, who closed it on October 17th.

Sunstar Sabal Palm 6 closed 17 Oct 2002, Thu Fort Pierce Tribune (Fort Pierce, Florida) Newspapers.com

Formerly operated by Nova Cinemas, the fledgling circuit’s second to last theater before its departure. Final operator, Newstar LLC closed here September 3, 2015. Two years later, the venue became a dine-in theater called Touchstar Cinemas Sabal Palms Luxury 6 opening August 11, 2017. Seating was reduced from 1,000 to 450. The venue is still operating in 2025.