King Theatres I-II-III
3315 Bragg Boulevard,
Fayetteville,
NC
28303
3315 Bragg Boulevard,
Fayetteville,
NC
28303
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Previously operated by: Carmike Cinemas, Consolidated Theatres
Previous Names: King Theatre
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The King Theatre was an ultra-modern cinema with extra big ultra seating, giant widescreen projection that was capable of showing 35mm and 70mm films. This was a single screen cinema with 700 seats. It opened on February 9, 1967 with Don Knotts in “The Reluctant Astronaut”.
It remained a single screen cinema until December 25, 1975, when it became a twin cinema. On November 9, 1979 it became a triple screen cinema. In 1982 it became a dollar house. It closed in the mid-1990’s after operating for several years as a discount house.
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This was also under Carmike Cinemas when it last operated as a three-screen discount house in the late 1980’s.
Yes, Carmike would have acquired it as part of their acquisition of Consolidated Theaters in 1989. As I commented on another Fayetteville/Carmike theater page, the 700 seats for the 1 screen likely would have played a role in Carmike’s choosing to close it…
Also, one of the other closed former-Carmike Fayetteville theater pages said that Carmike had closed 3 theaters in Fayetteville, but, so far, having only reached K going alphabetically down the list, this is the 5th — 1. the Valley Twin; 2. Bordeaux; 3. Cardinal Theatres; 4. Eutaw Twin Theatres; and now 5. King Theatres…
Although, to add on to my remark about the 700 seats to 1 screen, I suppose if it had become a 3-screen theater by the ‘80s, whether or not that played a role would be determined by whether 1 or 2 of the 3 screens had 300+ seats, since clearly 700 is not enough for each screen to have had 300+ seats; if it was 299 or fewer per each of the 3 screens already, then that wouldn’t have played a role…
raysson – do you know what year the Kings Plaza Shopping Center became a flea market? I would be very interested to know…
Open in 1967 as a 700 seat single screen theater. Was twinned in 1975. The second auditorium was under renovations in 1979 to make way for a third auditorium with second auditorium split down the middle creating two shoebox auditoriums with smaller screens. Screen 1 had 450 seats. By the time the second auditorium was renovated the seating capacities for Screens 2 and 3 were between 299 or 300.
The Kings Plaza Shopping Center became a flea market during the mid-1980’s. The flea market is where the former King’s Department Store used to be and also took over the space where the former Winn-Dixie grocer stood and former Kerr Discount Drugs.
Grand opening ads posted.
2nd screen opened on December 25th, 1975
3rd screen opened on November 9th, 1979 and became a dollar house in 1982. 1979 ad posted.