Villagio Cinemas of Carrollwood
11778 N. Dale Mabry Highway,
Tampa,
FL
33618
11778 N. Dale Mabry Highway,
Tampa,
FL
33618
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Doesn’t look good at this point, the new owners of the theater also run the Channelside Cinemas theater, which just filed for bankruptcy.
Stumbled upon the building today, not sure if they are having permit or construction problems, but a newspaper article stated a May opening and it’s now July and there is no front on the building.
Unless there is substantial work that has been done to the theaters, there is no lobby, or front wall, indicating that at this point it probably won’t open till closer to Thanksgiving. Chuck v
Strange shutting a screen down,but i have the impression Carmike does not put a lot money in a location.
Mike, You may be right. Main Street 6 originally opened with 6 screens but if I recall correctly I remember reading somewhere that when Carmike assumed ownership they shut down one screen but not sure why.
I think if you look back, this tyheater had only 5 screens not 6.
I drove by last week but still nothing on this theatre. The building has been rennovated but I didn’t notice any sign indicating when it may open. A new marquee went up at the entrance off of Dale Mabry but still nothing on it.
Below is a link to an article published back in November 2010 about the new theatre and the planned reopening this spring. I doubt this will post as a live link so you’ll have to copy and paste into your browser: http://www.review.net/section/detail/movies-make-a-comeback-in-carrollwood-next-spring/
Any word on the opening date?
thanks nick.
I recently drove by this location and the building is definitely taking shape. There’s also a new marquee up at the entrance to Main Street Center. As I recall I think Main Street Six Cinemas originally opened in the early 1980s under the Plitt Theatres banner and later became Cineplex Odeon and finally Carmike.
Main Street Six featured four large and two smaller auditoriums. All six were deluxe cinemas with wall-to-wall curtains and nice-size screens. It was nearly identical in size and layout to University Collection Six (not to be confused with University Square Mall.) Interestingly they’re reopening this location when it originally closed mainly due to “underperformace” (not to mention Carmike filing for bankruptcy protection.) Part of the problem was too much competition from the nearby Hillsboro Eight and Mission Bell Eight which are now long gone. So hopefully they’ll be successful with this new venture.
I remember seeing these films here: GHOSTBUSTERS, FATAL ATTRACTION, AGNES OF GOD, LA BAMBA (played on two screens – English & Spanish language versions) GREYSTOKE THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, WITNESS, a midnight showing of John Water’s POLYESTER, and a re-release of WEST SIDE STORY.
Thanks for the Pictures.hopefully,Nick can add more.
Great news that this tehater is reopening. When it originally opened it was a very class A theater
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This theater is being remodeled and scheduled to open in May 2011.
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I remember going to movies a lot here back then. There was also a roller rink and a store there at different times, as one replaced the other.
Advertisement from 1994.
May 2010:
Building.
Lobby.
if this is the theater that was in the Carrolwood area in Tampa, this theater is still standing…it annually operates as a ‘Halloween Express’ & the entrance of the inside of the theater still has the lobby facade with arches & such (I’m going by memory here, so bear with me) & I even recall a “theater” still complete with theater seats minus the screen, now used as a “changing” area.
Lost Memory
As you mentioned above, Carmike remodeled the Hillsboro 8 in 1999. I can never find any listings on this theatre so I assume it’s closed.
When it opened in the 80’s it was the most luxousious theatre in the Tampa are. Are auditoriums had purple curtains that opened up and down and very comnfortable seats. Originally the theatre was operated by Plitt than sodl to Cineplex Odeon