Westwood 3 Cinema Grill

dallasmovietheaters on August 1, 2025 at 9:52 pm

Dubinsky launched here on July 25, 1986. Excellence Theatres took over here effective on December 1, 1989 after buying out Dubinksy Bros. In 1991, Carmike and Excellence created a joint operating agreement in February and, that same year, essentially buying out the Excellence side by September. This moved the venue to Carmike ownership.

Carmike declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in August of 2000 and shedded a number of low-performing venues nationwide to escape bad leases realted to aged triples, quads and cookie cutter late multiplex-era houses as they were over-extended in the build out of megaplexes of the late 1990s. In Des Moines, alone, Carmike fresh under bankruptcy protection moved on from the Fleur 4 and Valley 3 on August 24, 2000; the River Hills-Riviera on September 7, 2000; here at the Westwood 6 and the Sierra 3 after September 14, 2000 and at the Carmike 11 on September 21, 2000.

The venue was reconfigured and became The Westwood Entertainment Complex featuring the Westwood Cinemas 3 and the Vieux Carré Dance Club on May 18, 2001. Opening films were “Joe Dirt,” “Crouching Tiger: HD,” and “Exit Wounds.” The venue appears to have ceded cinematic operations on July 4, 2001 after less than two months under the banner of the Westwood 3 Cinema Grill. The dance club continued and the cinemas appear to have become sports grill-y type of viewing experiences.

Century6 on January 2, 2010 at 9:10 am

Westwood 6 opened in 1986 or 1987 and I believe was the last theatre Dubinsky Bros opened in the Des Moines area before selling out to Excellence.