The K-Mart he’s talking about here is the OLD K-Mart location, not the attempt at a Superstore that is now the gym. It closed back in the 90’s after K-Mart attempted to ape Wal Mart’s “Supercenter” concept. I still remember shopping in the old one. After K-Mart left, the structure sat empty until it became a flea market. It’s now being redeveloped into a Rural King store, with lots of construction ongoing.
I saw several movies at this particular theater. It was very run down, but still fairly active until the big 12 screen complex was built on Cobbs Ford Rd. I don’t recall it becoming a discount chain until later in the 90’s. When I saw Terminator 2 in 1991, it was still a first run theater at regular pricing. Same for when I saw Sleepwalkers there in 1992.
The structure has since been heavily remodeled, and subdivided into three businesses. There’s no indication there was ever a theater there in the front, but in the rear of the facility you can see it used to be movies.
I don’t think a restaurant took its place. It was in the middle of what is essentially a strip mall (Twin Oaks Shopping Center), and when the theater was gutted, it was converted into a single retail space, where tenants came and went. The last two were a Party City, and now a Five Below. It was a nice theater (saw Dracula there in 1992), but it simply couldn’t compete with the slew of 8+ screen multiplexes popping up across town at the time. If you look at rooftop photos of the complex, you can see where this space has a higher roofline than all the others, because of the extra height needed for screens when it was a theater.
Went to this theater all the time as a boy. Saw Star Trek the Motion Picture there several times during its 1979 run. Moved away but got to see it one more time during a visit to see family in the area. Saw Shrek there in 2001. I was amazed at how nothing had changed. It looked exactly as it did in 1979, as if I’d stepped through a wormhole into the past. It was still very clean and well kept and comfortable. I’m sorry to see that it’s gone now.
The K-Mart he’s talking about here is the OLD K-Mart location, not the attempt at a Superstore that is now the gym. It closed back in the 90’s after K-Mart attempted to ape Wal Mart’s “Supercenter” concept. I still remember shopping in the old one. After K-Mart left, the structure sat empty until it became a flea market. It’s now being redeveloped into a Rural King store, with lots of construction ongoing.
I saw several movies at this particular theater. It was very run down, but still fairly active until the big 12 screen complex was built on Cobbs Ford Rd. I don’t recall it becoming a discount chain until later in the 90’s. When I saw Terminator 2 in 1991, it was still a first run theater at regular pricing. Same for when I saw Sleepwalkers there in 1992.
The structure has since been heavily remodeled, and subdivided into three businesses. There’s no indication there was ever a theater there in the front, but in the rear of the facility you can see it used to be movies.
I don’t think a restaurant took its place. It was in the middle of what is essentially a strip mall (Twin Oaks Shopping Center), and when the theater was gutted, it was converted into a single retail space, where tenants came and went. The last two were a Party City, and now a Five Below. It was a nice theater (saw Dracula there in 1992), but it simply couldn’t compete with the slew of 8+ screen multiplexes popping up across town at the time. If you look at rooftop photos of the complex, you can see where this space has a higher roofline than all the others, because of the extra height needed for screens when it was a theater.
Went to this theater all the time as a boy. Saw Star Trek the Motion Picture there several times during its 1979 run. Moved away but got to see it one more time during a visit to see family in the area. Saw Shrek there in 2001. I was amazed at how nothing had changed. It looked exactly as it did in 1979, as if I’d stepped through a wormhole into the past. It was still very clean and well kept and comfortable. I’m sorry to see that it’s gone now.