White Oaks Cinema
2501 Wabash Avenue,
Springfield,
IL
62704
2501 Wabash Avenue,
Springfield,
IL
62704
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White Oaks Cinema was my first job, September ‘80 -January’81, great place to work, Richard Hobe was the manager. Great times.
June 17th, 1977 grand opening ad
According to this article, the theater is now home to a Springfield church branch campus and will be also housing a paintball arena: View link
This makes me sick. Bob Kolkhorst was the chief and installed the booth. I left Kankakee and moved there in 77 to help Bob, a good friend of mine. I was trained and became a projectionist in Springfield in 74. I was there when it open and I wish I could be there to see it close. How sad…
Aside from the bargain prices, this one probably will not be much missed. I attended a few showings there; it struck me as a most likely having been former twin that had been chopped up into five small cinemas, just non-descript shoeboxes with small screens. The lobby was little more than a bland foyer with a small concession area. It’s too bad, though, that bargain cinemas are a dying breed.