Westloop 6 Theaters
1130 Westloop Plaza,
Manhattan,
KS
66502
1130 Westloop Plaza,
Manhattan,
KS
66502
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Once operated by First International Theatres.
An article in the 1/30/1986 edition of the Manhattan Mercury stated the Westloop Twin would close after business that night. It was part of an agreement with the landlord of the newer Westloop 6 in the same shopping center. These were two separate theatres.
Expanded to 8 screens on December 6th, 1985 and the older two screens closed in 1986. Owners were Commonwealth Theatres, Creative Entertainment, First International, Carmike.
Opened on June 20th, 1973. Grand opening ad in the photo section. More to come.
The original Westloop Theatre was a 2-screen house. It opened in the early 70’s. I recall one of the opening films being “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” with Jeff East. Not sure about the other opening film. I was a projectionist there for a few years before leaving Manhattan in 1978. As far as I know, it was still 2 screens then. Not sure when it was converted to 6 screens. I worked at most all of the Mannhattan Commonwealth Theatres on an off over several years.
The Westloop 6, Varsity, Campus and Sky Vue Drive-in were originally Commonwealth Theatres. Manhattan was a big town for Commonwealth as it is home to Kansas State University. I am not sure as to what order after Commonwealth was sold that Carmike took over the town but they eventually built a 12 screen complex. The city fathers are not happy with Carmike and have been looking for another operator to build in the town.
Here is a January 1974 ad from the Manhattan Mercury:
http://tinyurl.com/c7j2hd