Lake Air Cinema I & II
5201 Bosque Avenue,
Waco,
TX
76710
5201 Bosque Avenue,
Waco,
TX
76710
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: General Cinema Corp.
Architects: Maurice D. Sornik
Previous Names: Lake Air Cinema
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News About This Theater
- Jun 19, 2004 — Lake Air Cinema Demolished
Built in the 1960’s in a very modern design, with an all-glass lobby. The Lake Air Cinema was opened November 9, 1965 with Steve McQueen in “The Cincinnati Kid”. It was twinned on October 22, 1977. It was closed by Cineplex Odeon on November 15, 1990.
Another piece of Waco cinematic history fell victim to cracker-box megaplexes. when the Lake Air was demolished in 2004.
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The Hollywood Video is on the opposite end of the block that the theatre was located….. the theatre was located behind what is now Dunlaps (formerly Goldstein-Migel). Sadly this theatre was demolished in summer 2004. The 700 or so red and white theatre seats were salvaged as well as the 2 projectors, and are intended to be reused in another historic Waco Theatre soon facing renovation.
http://cinematreasures.org/news/11713_0_1_0_C
This was opened by General Cinemas
The Lake Air Mall opened theatre-less on March 16, 1961. But three years later, the mall would rectify that was General Cinema leased what would become an outparcel building behind the mall for a single screen theater. The Cinema at Lake Air Center missed its May 30, 1965 opening by five months but finally made it November 9, 1965 opening with “The Cincinnati Kid.” The theater had 822 with a 50x22 screen.
Later known as the Lake Air Cinema I & II when it was twinned in 1980. General Cinema operated the Lake Air Cinema until April 12, 1984, when it was taken over by Plitt Theatres. Cineplex Odeon later took the theater over from Plitt.
The Lake Air Cinema closed for a couple of years in the mid-1990s, but reopened by Cinemagic Theatres in 1997 until closing for the final time in 1999.
Reopened as Cinema I & II on October 12th, 1977. Grand opening ad posted.
Closed by Cineplex Odeon in 1990 and reopened by Cinemagic on March 19th, 1993. Another ad posted.
Closed by Cineplex on November 15th, 1990.
Closed on April 25th, 1999 per end of this article