Turfland Cinemas
2025 Harrodsburg Road,
Lexington,
KY
40504
2025 Harrodsburg Road,
Lexington,
KY
40504
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Previously operated by: General Cinema Corp., Loew's Inc., Mid-States Theaters Inc., USA Cinemas
Previous Names: Turfland Cinema on-the-Mall, Turfland Mall Cinemas 99, Lucas Theatres 2
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The General Cinema Corp. Turfland on-the-Mall opened as a 928-seat single screen on December 22nd, 1967 with Dean Martin in “The Ambushers”. On December 19, 1986 it was taken over by USA Cinemas. It was later twinned and owned by Mid-States Theaters Inc. and Loew’s, who closed it in August 1990. It reopened as Turfland Cinemas, a dollar house, on May 31, 1991 and closed in 2007.
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Grand opening ad posted. It was the first for General Cinema in the state.
Ever noticed so many Boston-based chains operated most of the cinemas in Lexington, Louisville, and Cincinnati? USA Cinemas, National Amusements, Hallmark, General Cinema, etc.
Loew’s closed it in August 1990 and reopened as a dollar house on May 31st, 1991. Another ad posted.
Uploaded photos from the Lexington Herald-Ledger of the theatre and the pylon when it was the Turfland Cinema at the Mall.
Most of the mall was razed. A portion of it is now a Home Depot.
Does anyone know the number of seats before it was twinned? Or the dimensions of the screen?
During its final days of operation, the Turfland Cinemas had a couple of brief name changes. In late-August 2006, the Turfland Cinemas was renamed the “Turfland Mall Cinemas 99” after the theater changed its format from a $1.50 first-run house to a 99-cent second-run discount house.
Right after Lucas Peck took over the Turfland Cinemas from Thomas Abdoo in early-2007, the Turfland Cinemas was renamed the “Lucas Theatres 2” for a few months until its final closure on May 24, 2007.
Also Brad, got your answer. When General Cinema opened the Turfland on December 22, 1967 with “The Ambushers” as a single-screener, it has an original capacity of 928 seats.
General Cinemas operated the Turfland until December 18, 1986. USA Cinemas took it over the following day.