Fox Festival Theatre

2900 W. Sample Road,
Pompano Beach, FL 33073

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Previously operated by: Fox Circuit

Functions: Supermarket

Previous Names: Fox Pompano Theatre

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Interior of former Fox Festival

Opened May 30, 1986, this was the first South Florida location of the Fox Theaters chain. The Fox Pompano Theatre was an anchor tenant of the Pompano Outlet Mall. Main attraction: four 295-seat auditoriums equipped with THX sound and wide screens. Slow traffic prompted the outlet mall’s conversion to the Festival Flea Market, and the theatre was renamed Fox Festival Theatre.

After Fox departed the region, the theatre space was gutted to create a dairy/produce marketplace.

Contributed by sporridge

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Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez on June 9, 2009 at 8:05 am

The name change to FESTIVAL occurred in 1992 and the theatre was closed in 1999.

sporridge
sporridge on July 23, 2009 at 3:30 pm

Fox Pompano had an identical counterpart 10 miles southwest in Sunrise: the former Fox Sunrise, now the Sunrise Eleven. Same lobby and auditorium blueprints.

A case of “great idea, wrong location.” Surrounded by an industrial area and a mostly vacant mall (with the notable exception of Sid’s Records and its loyal customers from all over), the Fox Pompano could draw huge crowds for blockbusters, but anything less usually played to audiences of one (me, often).

What may have contributed to the Fox Pompano’s demise: word that AMC had committed to building a megaplex a few miles west, where Sample Road meets U.S. 441. Probably fell through due to mixed emergency responder jurisdictions (three cities meet/overlap). The Fox Pompano had just received an extensive lobby/snack bar makeover, too.

rivest266
rivest266 on March 6, 2017 at 1:10 pm

This opened on May 30th, 1986. Grand opening ad in the photo section.

andsome96
andsome96 on August 27, 2024 at 1:27 pm

Even though the theater was gutted when they converted it into an antiques mall, I wouldn’t classify it as demolished quite yet.

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