UA Movies at Patchogue 13
600 Sunrise Highway,
Patchogue,
NY
11772
600 Sunrise Highway,
Patchogue,
NY
11772
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Regal did not buy out UA – they both went bankrupt and this guy Robert Anschutz bought both of them, along with Act III Theatres, out of bankruptcy. He was running them as 3 seperate companies for a short time and then merged the Regal and UA operations with Regals management running the merged company. I’m not sure if Act III was merged into this or if they remain a seperate operation.
Bway;
The second one is right. It is not in operation. I live just up the street from the theater, and it’s a Family Dollar.
I’m sorry, I posted the wrong colleg theater. This is the proper link:
/theaters/8582/
No the College is not in operation again. The theater had been gutted, and is now retail space.
Here’s the listing for it if anyone is interested:
/theaters/3871/
yes i saw the college listing
You mean its in operation again? That’s good news.
Back again;
A Farmingville Theater was added. You can now check out the College Plaza Twin in Farmingville, if anyone remembers it. I figured there were a bunch of Long Islanders on this section of the site who may also remember it.
This would probably be something that they did since it was a drive in. In the latter days of the drive in movies owners rented to churches for more income. I remember reading it in a book.
In reply to a couple of questions above, the old indoor theater is now theater 13 and the seating capacity is 570.
On the subject of a church renting it, that’s Regal policy – it is rented through corporate headquarters and is a good economic move, not a sign of impending doom.
If Regal couls get churches to rent all their theaters nationwide on Sunday mornings – and they have a very positive campaign going on to make this happen – I reckon they would net around $13m a year. Not bad profits.
Got you on what?
Your description was good, although i haven’t been thee since I found out about this, I do believe I know which theater it is now.
Okay, so you all got me. Gustavelifting over and out
yes THATS RIGHT.LOL
Anyway, it’s just the last theater on the left. That’s all you really need to know. They extended the original building to the right.
i t should read the southern most theater
Okay;
I hope you guys aren’t pulling my leg on this. The Sunrise Indoor is the Easternmost Theater. I don’t know the number. However, it’s not on the same side as of the corridor as the other theaters. It’s past the main concession and make a left. You pass the satellite concession, and a bank of doors. It’s alone, by itself. There aren’t any other theaters near it. I have a feeling though, you all know where it is.
You are right, the Patchogue is not so much falling apart, but rather “dirty”.
Bway , I dont think the theater renting to the church is a sign of weakness the managers are ALL told in all chains to go out and get rentals.
IN MY OPINION Salah Hassanien was one of the WORST people ever in the movie bsns.
TO BE FAIR this theater is not clean but the overall condition (seats ,floors ,walls )is in pretty good shape…….
United Artists does not exist as an exhibitor today, only the name, therefore the current operators are responsiblle for the decline of the remaining U.A. houses. (That is not saying that U.A. itself contributed to their own theatres' decline.) United Artists started going down the drain once Salah Hassanien departed or was forced out by the incoming “takeover” which commenced the decline of United Artists Eastern Theatres.
It’s usually UA that lets the theaters go to crap (hense Cross Bay), and in this case Patchogue.
The UA Patchogue even rents one of it’s auditoiums to a church on Sundays – you know they must be scrambling for any kind of income they can get if they have to do that.
But you are absolutely correct, because people that would come to the Patchogue to avoid the complete mayhem at the Island 16 may not even come to the Patchogue if they continue to let the theater decline. At least they would have a chance if they kept the theater a pleasant place to see a movie.
What is the thinking behind letting a theatre go to crap the minute there is competition? There are cases of theatres surviving by finding their niche in booking and operations. What I cant figure out is the Crossbay 2, it’s in a free booking zone and UA has let the place fall apart so bad it has to be seen to believe.
Gust, what number is the old drive in theater, now part of the multiplex? Theater 1?
As for the condition of the theater, it certainly is not as well kept as it used to be. While I have seen worse, they don’t maintain it as well as they once did. It probably is struggling because of the opening of the Island 16.
Gustavelifting over and out…and there was some laughter.
lol