Tacoma West Cinemas 4-5
1610 S. Mildred Street,
Tacoma,
WA
98465
1610 S. Mildred Street,
Tacoma,
WA
98465
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Previously operated by: Cineplex Odeon, SRO Theaters
Architects: Nobi Hara
Firms: Mar/Hara Architects
Functions: Restaurant
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The Tacoma West Cinemas 4-5 was listed as open by SRO Theatres on December 16, 1983. It seated 450 and closed on September 27, 1998. It became a church. The site is now a buffet restaurant.
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Opened on December 15th, 1983 by SRO along with the Tacoma South Cinemas
Later (and last) operated by Cineplex Odeon after the chain took over SRO in December 1986. It started life as a first-run house but flipped to a discount house during its last couple of years in operation.
Closed on June 28, 1998.
Designed by Nobi Hara of Mar/Hara Architects of Seattle, this venue opened for Sterling Recreational Organization’s (SRO’s) on December 16, 1983 and at the same time as its South Cinemas and AMC’s new 8-plex. This property was an extension of the circuit’s Tacoma West 1-3. Built in the multiplex era, the two-screener seemed an odd choice but would make it to the 15-year opt out point of its leasing agreement.
On December 13, 1986, SRO sold its 110 screen operation to Cineplex Odeon for $45 million. But the megaplex era wiped out most of the multiplexes. In 1992, all five screens were downgraded to discount, $1 sub-run status and marketed together as the Tacoma West Cinemas. The 15-screen Act III was ready to steamroll everyone in the area as it was being built about eight miles away in 1998.
Cineplex Odeon first moved on from the 1-3 on August 27, 1998 with “Titanic,” “Godzilla,” and “X:Files” likely at a negotiated end of a 20-year leasing period. This two-screen venue continued to its closure a month later with Cineplex Odeon throwing in the towel undoubtedly at the 15-year opt out of its lease on September 27, 1998 with “The Avengers” and “Dr. Dolittle.” The venue was used for many years as a house of worship likely to reduce the taxing liability of the property.