Carmike Cinema 6

501 Benner Pike,
State College, PA 16801

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Previously operated by: Carmike Cinemas, Cinemaworld Theaters

Functions: Retail

Previous Names: Cinema World 6

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Carmike Cinema 6

This theater had one of the last self-serve concession stands in the world. The Carmike Cinema 6 was closed in August 2011.

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Recent comments (view all 8 comments)

helman700
helman700 on August 4, 2008 at 2:36 pm

Wow, the last self-serve, what a piece of history will be lost. Actually, if you go to the State and sneek by the employee you can serve yourself popcorn, but they don’t like that much. And you can pick out with your own two hands any bottle of coke product from the coolers. Not only that, but on the nights they have coffee and tea you can pour and make that yourself too. Self-serve is no reason to keep the 6 around, especially once Fraser center takes the students off the M route and back downtown.

jdbeard184
jdbeard184 on March 9, 2011 at 12:46 am

Ok so the self-serve concession isn’t the main selling point. Rather, it’s that this place is now a discount theatre. Tickets are $1 for all shows… a very appealing form of entertainment for larger families, those on a budget, or just about anyone who enjoys movies in the theatre without the $7-9 price tag.

Scott Neff
Scott Neff on November 1, 2011 at 11:50 pm

Ummm — Just about every Century Theatre built has a self serve snack bar.

At any rate — the theatre closed in August of 2011.

dmckee
dmckee on December 23, 2011 at 11:02 am

The Cinema 6 was the last of the Carmike owned theatres in State College. It became a discount theater showing second run films, and charging only $1 for admission.
Sadly, this theater closed in August 2011.

kagami101
kagami101 on April 1, 2013 at 8:10 pm

I remembered seeing it just before it opened at about the same time Carmike bought out a whole bunch of Cinemaworld theaters (which included The Movies, The State and The Cinema 5). It took over an old retail store location. I always thought it was a bit out of the way and even when new really didn’t have any character like the downtown theaters. I am trying to remember if I ever went to a movie there and I can’t come up with anything.

jeffpiatt
jeffpiatt on November 24, 2017 at 8:05 am

this theater is the description image for the Wikipedia article on Discount Theaters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discount_theater

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on December 3, 2022 at 10:20 am

It was originally named Cinema World State College 6 when it opened on September 28, 1991. It changed its name to just Cinema World 6 a couple of years later.

Trolleyguy
Trolleyguy on December 3, 2022 at 10:41 am

Now a Big Lots store. Current use should be Retail.

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