8th Street Marketplace Cinemas
404 S. 8th Street,
Boise,
ID
83702
404 S. 8th Street,
Boise,
ID
83702
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Previously operated by: Cineplex Odeon, Loews Cineplex, Plitt Theatres
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The 8th Street Marketplace Cinemas opened by Plitt Theatres on December 14, 1979. It was part of the 8th Street Marketplace. Cineplex Odeon took over in 1988. It was closed by Loews Cineplex on January 4, 2001. It was reopened on March 22, 2002 as a discount house. It closed in 2003. It was demolished in 2004 to make way for the ‘BODO’ (BOise DOwntown) complex which will have retail a new movie theatre in its place.
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Plitt theatres opened the 8th Street Marketplace Cinemas on December 14th, 1979, with “The Jerk” and “Kramer Vs. Kramer”. There were plans for Cineplex Odeon to replace this with a 16-plex in the style of the St. Bruno Cinemas near Montréal for 1998 but cancelled after they heard of the Edwards megaplex.
Grand opening ad posted.
Closed January 4th, 2001.
Cineplex Odeon 8th Street Marketplace closing 04 Jan 2001, Thu The Idaho Statesman (Boise, Idaho) Newspapers.com
and reopened as a discount cinema on March 22nd, 2002 and closed in 2003. Another ad posed.
A chronology of Boise’s 70mm presentations history has recently been published. The 8th Street Marketplace gets some mentions in the piece.