I was the opening manager of this theatre in September 1979 when it was a three screened facility. Stewart & Everett added three screens in the mid 1980’s. Carmike bought S&E and ran the theatre for a few years and then closed it temporarily to remodel it. They did remove screens #5 and 6 (the area now being the lobby) and added enough screens to make it a 12 plex. It was never demolished. Where my office once was is now a women’s restroom.
Stewart & Everett did own the old Carolina in downtown Fayetteville. I took the projectors there to Westwood. S&E also owned the Bragg Theatre later known as the King on Bragg Blvd. and the Haymont, which is now the Cape Fear Regional Theatre. At one time, they also operated a drive in where Skibo Road intersects Ramsey Street and I believe that there is a dry cleaner there now.
I hope that this clears up some of the questions.
I was the manager from when this theatre opened on 21 September, 1979, until I was promoted to District Manager in 1990. Lots of great memories here. I was there when we ran Star Trek and when we ran ET for 365 days. I built the theatre in Greenville that Nighthawk 1 mentions.
To address the demise of S&E, we were purchased by Carmike Cinemas (which was at one time Martin Theatres, based in Columbus, GA) and they paid top dollar for the company. They were nice people too.
When I was in Fayetteville, all of the theatre managers met once a week, usually on Tuesday, for lunch. Though our companies competed with each other, we all got along rather well and would help one another in a bind.
Browsing through this site takes me back to the most enjoyable days in my working life and seeing theatres I managed and remembering friends now long gone.
Let’s hear it for, as Norma would say, “All those wonderful people out there in the dark!”
I was the opening manager of this theatre in September 1979 when it was a three screened facility. Stewart & Everett added three screens in the mid 1980’s. Carmike bought S&E and ran the theatre for a few years and then closed it temporarily to remodel it. They did remove screens #5 and 6 (the area now being the lobby) and added enough screens to make it a 12 plex. It was never demolished. Where my office once was is now a women’s restroom. Stewart & Everett did own the old Carolina in downtown Fayetteville. I took the projectors there to Westwood. S&E also owned the Bragg Theatre later known as the King on Bragg Blvd. and the Haymont, which is now the Cape Fear Regional Theatre. At one time, they also operated a drive in where Skibo Road intersects Ramsey Street and I believe that there is a dry cleaner there now.
I hope that this clears up some of the questions.
I was the manager from when this theatre opened on 21 September, 1979, until I was promoted to District Manager in 1990. Lots of great memories here. I was there when we ran Star Trek and when we ran ET for 365 days. I built the theatre in Greenville that Nighthawk 1 mentions.
To address the demise of S&E, we were purchased by Carmike Cinemas (which was at one time Martin Theatres, based in Columbus, GA) and they paid top dollar for the company. They were nice people too.
When I was in Fayetteville, all of the theatre managers met once a week, usually on Tuesday, for lunch. Though our companies competed with each other, we all got along rather well and would help one another in a bind.
Browsing through this site takes me back to the most enjoyable days in my working life and seeing theatres I managed and remembering friends now long gone.
Let’s hear it for, as Norma would say, “All those wonderful people out there in the dark!”