Village Square 6
100 Village Square Shop Center,
Hazelwood,
MO
63042
100 Village Square Shop Center,
Hazelwood,
MO
63042
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First operated by Mid-America Theaters, later by RKO in April 1984, and finally AMC in December 1985. It was last known as Village Square 6 and closed on August 10, 2001.
June 21st, 1985 grand opening ad as a 6-plex in photo section. It was an RKO-Mid-America theatre. 3 screens in late 1980.
March 25th, 1966 grand opening ad in photo section.
The first movie I recall seeing there was Return of the Jedi, in May of 1983. The last movie I saw there was Sgt Bilko, in early 1996.
The opening of six-screen re-configuration was in June 1985.
The expansion to three auditoriums took place in October 1980. According to Variety the additions seated 600 and 400 respectively.
Theatre opened March 25, 1966 as the VILLAGE and as a subrun house. At that time the capacity was 1150.
Architectural credit given to Martin Bloom & Associates.
I second Kyle’s comments. The first time I went to this theatre was in 1981…3 years before Mr. Van Bibber’s inaccurate opening date above.
It was always a Mid-America/RKO/AMC and never a Wehrenberg.
Several facts wrong here…I don’t claim to know everything, but I’ll share what I’m positive about:
Village Square did not open in 1984. I don’t know exactly when it opened, but I remember seeing ads for it in the newspapers in the 1970s. It was a 3-screener as early as 1976, and possibly even before that. I don’t know exactly when it went to 6 screens, but it was never run by Wehrenberg. When Mid-America went under, the theater became part of RKO-MidAmerica around 1984. A short time later (1986, I believe), whatever RKO theaters were left were bought by AMC. Village Square became a dollar show somewhere around this time and flourished. I went there with my friends many times on a Saturday night and that place was jumping!! The line would go all the way around the theater. AMC tried to have Village Square show first run movies at a first run price around 1990, but changed it back to a dollar show after only a few months. I believe Village Square stayed as a discount house until it was closed in 2001 and demolished in 2002 (source: cinematour.com)
And in case anyone is wondering, the Village Square Shopping Center is at Lindbergh and I-270, not far from Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas, where I used to work).