Kent Plaza Theaters

140 Cherry Street,
Kent, OH 44240

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Operated by: Moviescoop

Previously operated by: Golden Star Theaters

Functions: Movies (First Run)

Previous Names: University Plaza Theaters, Plaza Kent Theaters

Phone Numbers: Box Office: 330.673.4450
Manager: 330.673.4451

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Kent Plaza Theaters

Located in the University Plaza Shopping Center, the University Plaza Theatres opened as a twin. Five more screens were added in the early-1980’s. In the mid-1990’s an eighth screen was added, and it became a 10-screen theatre on November 27, 2002. In the 2000’s this theatre was operated by Moviescoop.

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reuben10
reuben10 on May 17, 2008 at 7:27 pm

By the looks of the property, it appears to have been a National Amusements cinema originally. It is run independently now (by the same people who ran the old Kent Cinema on Main Street, now the Kent Stage), and perhaps was run as such since the early 90s when Regal took over certain National houses in NE Ohio (with the exception of Brookgate, for example, which was run as a budget cinema). This 70s, strip-shopping-plaza cinema remains first-run and popular, featuring auditoria added since the National days, particularly because it is the only movie house in the Kent area besides the Midway Drive-In between Kent and Ravenna.

cvolosin
cvolosin on March 29, 2012 at 2:55 pm

This theater in the 90’s had been added to from the original twin at the end of the strip plaza. They went down and took the whole plaza moved the lobby, and left the twinned shoebox cinema at the end of the hall.

At this time it was owned by a private owner who also rented the downtown twin that was trippled with a TINY screening room which may have been turned back into a cafe. I remember seeing the Flintstones move here, 2 people in a huge auditorium, and the next weekend the owners were locked out, and the theater was closed. because they stopped paying their bills along with the rent. This was in 93-94.

dansdriveintheater
dansdriveintheater on January 11, 2019 at 1:55 am

now owned by movie scoop theaters

50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on July 9, 2024 at 8:02 am

The Kent Plaza started life as a twin, and was expanded to seven screens in the early-1980s. A eighth screen was added in the mid-1990s, and two more were added on November 27, 2002 bringing a total to 10 screens.

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