SIZE MATTERS IMAX’S MOUNTAIN OF SCREEN AND SOUND COMES TO TRANSIT ROAD
There’s a big fish in the sea.When the Regal Imax Theatre opens today on Transit Road with the 45-minute-long “Island of the Sharks,” we’re talking teeth the size of hockey sticks and fins the length of Cadillacs. These aren’t going to be the sort of animals you can fillet and eat on Fridays.Imax is all about size. The screen is big – 70 feet wide by 53 feet tall. (While that doesn’t measure up to the 100-foot-wide, 60-foot-tall screen at the Transit Drive-In, which still rules…
Expanded to 19 screens on December 17th, 1999.
The Buffalo News - December 17, 1999
SIZE MATTERS IMAX’S MOUNTAIN OF SCREEN AND SOUND COMES TO TRANSIT ROAD There’s a big fish in the sea.When the Regal Imax Theatre opens today on Transit Road with the 45-minute-long “Island of the Sharks,” we’re talking teeth the size of hockey sticks and fins the length of Cadillacs. These aren’t going to be the sort of animals you can fillet and eat on Fridays.Imax is all about size. The screen is big – 70 feet wide by 53 feet tall. (While that doesn’t measure up to the 100-foot-wide, 60-foot-tall screen at the Transit Drive-In, which still rules…
Opened by Hoyts on May 6th, 1988. Grand opening ad posted
Became the South Quality on January 22nd, 1999.
SouthGlen 12 to South Quality 12 Fri, Jan 22, 1999 – 79 · The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) · Newspapers.com
May 17th, 1949 grand opening ad, and aerial photo uploaded.
Trouble on December 3rd, 1998
AMC BarryWoods 24 closed Fri, Dec 4, 1998 – 71 · The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) · Newspapers.com
Olathe Station 30 renamed Studio 30 on July 3rd, 1998
Grand opening ad
Cinemark Merriam 20 opening Fri, Dec 18, 1998 – 95 · The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) · Newspapers.com
Opened January 21 1972. Grand opening ad posted
1996 grand opening ad posted.
February 28th, 1943 grand opening ad posted.
Grand opening ad posted.
Senator III & IV opened on June 29th, 1979 and all four screens opened as Senator Movies 4 on August 31st, 1979. Grand opening ads posted.
The UA Cinema I-II-III held its open house on August 3rd, 1972, and its first movies the next day. Grand opening ads posted.
Grand opening ad
Vecino theatre opening Fri, Oct 28, 1949 – 5 · The Chico Enterprise-Record (Chico, California) · Newspapers.com
Burned down October 24th, 1946.
American theatre burned Fri, Oct 25, 1946 – 1 · The Chico Enterprise (Chico, California) · Newspapers.com
Grand opening ad as Little posted.
Grand opening ad and article
Empire theatre opening Tue, Feb 28, 1939 – 2 · The Chico Enterprise (Chico, California) · Newspapers.com
Became the American theatre on March 18th, 1939. Grand opening ad posted.
ad:
Senator theatre opening Sat, Apr 21, 1928 – 3 · The Chico Enterprise (Chico, California) · Newspapers.com
The Senator theatre opened on April 21st, 1928. Grand opening ad posted.
Renamed National on September 1st, 1925.
On September 18th, 1998 the 8 lower-level screens at the Ward Parkway 22 becomes the Parkway Artplex 8
AMC Parkway Artplex opening Fri, Sep 18, 1998 – 78 · The Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Missouri) · Newspapers.com
Opened May 7th, 1999 Article about its closing
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November 11th, 1926 grand opening ad posted.