AMC to open 2 megaplex theaters in Houston in December
Two more megaplex theaters will open in the Houston area on Dec. 18, American Multi Cinema announced Friday.The AMC 30 at Gulf Pointe, on Interstate 45 South at Beltway 8, and the AMC 24 at First Colony, located at U.S. 59 South at Town Center Boulevard in Sugar Land, will increase the firm’s Houston presence from 134 screens to 188 in one day.The new theaters are part of AMC’s plan to open several large megaplex operations in Houston in the next several years. A 30-screen theater…
SIZE MATTERS IMAX’S MOUNTAIN OF SCREEN AND SOUND COMES TO TRANSIT ROAD
There’s a big fish in the sea.When the Regal Imax Theatre opens today on Transit Road with the 45-minute-long “Island of the Sharks,” we’re talking teeth the size of hockey sticks and fins the length of Cadillacs. These aren’t going to be the sort of animals you can fillet and eat on Fridays.Imax is all about size. The screen is big – 70 feet wide by 53 feet tall. (While that doesn’t measure up to the 100-foot-wide, 60-foot-tall screen at the Transit Drive-In, which still rules…
The Dickinson NorthGlen had its public opening on November 21st, 2003. Grand opening ad posted.
Opened December 18 1997
Houston Chronicle - October 18, 1997
AMC to open 2 megaplex theaters in Houston in December Two more megaplex theaters will open in the Houston area on Dec. 18, American Multi Cinema announced Friday.The AMC 30 at Gulf Pointe, on Interstate 45 South at Beltway 8, and the AMC 24 at First Colony, located at U.S. 59 South at Town Center Boulevard in Sugar Land, will increase the firm’s Houston presence from 134 screens to 188 in one day.The new theaters are part of AMC’s plan to open several large megaplex operations in Houston in the next several years. A 30-screen theater…
United General Theatres
United General Theatres Sun, Jun 25, 1972 – Page 69 · Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York) · Newspapers.com
Grand opening ad:
Cinema opening Wed, Nov 18, 1970 – 17 · The Herald-Journal (Logan, Utah) · Newspapers.com
Lower level screens closed March 2001
AMC Parkway lower level closings Sat, Mar 31, 2001 – 65 · The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) · Newspapers.com
Reopened on November 22nd, 2002. Another grand opening ad posted
Back to Dickinson theatres on March 15th, 2002. Ad posted.
Reopened as a discount cinema on November 1st, 2002
Norland Fashion 6 reopening Fri, Nov 1, 2002 – 95 · The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) · Newspapers.com
1986 grand opening ad posted
The first 8 screens opened on December 15th, 1989. Grand opening ad posted.
Closed 1986 after being twinned in 1976.
Opened June 30th, 1972. Grand opening ad posted.
June 30th, 1972
Grand opening ad posted.
Grand opening ad posted August 29th, 1952
Opened on April 27th, 1960. Grand opening ad posted.
April 27th, 1960
Grand opening ad posted from 1984
Opened by CinemaNational on August 8th, 1974, and expanded to six screens on November 11th, 1987, and closed in 1998. Grand opening ads posted.
Closed March 16th, 1999 per newspaper clipping below
Closed in May 1999
Plaza theatre in Abilene closed Tue, Jun 1, 1999 – 12 · The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) · Newspapers.com
Closed January 5th, 1999
Grand opening ad
Cinemark The Palace on the Plaza opening Fri, May 7, 1999 – 136 · The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) · Newspapers.com
Expanded to 19 screens on December 17th, 1999.
The Buffalo News - December 17, 1999
SIZE MATTERS IMAX’S MOUNTAIN OF SCREEN AND SOUND COMES TO TRANSIT ROAD There’s a big fish in the sea.When the Regal Imax Theatre opens today on Transit Road with the 45-minute-long “Island of the Sharks,” we’re talking teeth the size of hockey sticks and fins the length of Cadillacs. These aren’t going to be the sort of animals you can fillet and eat on Fridays.Imax is all about size. The screen is big – 70 feet wide by 53 feet tall. (While that doesn’t measure up to the 100-foot-wide, 60-foot-tall screen at the Transit Drive-In, which still rules…
Opened by Hoyts on May 6th, 1988. Grand opening ad posted