Plaza Twin

429 Park Plaza Drive,
Owensboro, KY 42301

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on May 11, 2025 at 8:28 am

Malco last operated the theater for its remaining 29 years of operation until its closure on September 24, 2000. This left the Cinema 12 as the only theater operating in Owensboro for a time.

rivest266
rivest266 on March 22, 2018 at 2:13 pm

This was bought out by Malco theatres on December 22nd, 1971 per this article below.

Malco Plaza theatreMalco Plaza theatre · Fri, Dec 24, 1971 – 1 · Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Kentucky) · Newspapers.com

Became a twin cinema opening on September 15th, 1978. Ad in photo section.

rivest266
rivest266 on March 21, 2018 at 4:56 pm

This opened on June 1st, 1967 as the Rocking Chair Theatre of Tomorrow with one screen. Grand opening ad in the photo section and below

Plaza theatre opening 1Plaza theatre opening 1 · Wed, May 31, 1967 – 14 · Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Kentucky) · Newspapers.com

and

Plaza theatre opening 2Plaza theatre opening 2 · Wed, May 31, 1967 – 15 · Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Kentucky) · Newspapers.com