Cinemas West 4
9035 W. Central Avenue,
Wichita,
KS
67212
9035 W. Central Avenue,
Wichita,
KS
67212
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Cinema West closed on September 28, 2003. GracePoint Church took on the venue in 2009.
Closed October 16th, 2003
Cinema West closing Fri, Oct 17, 2003 – 16 · The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas) · Newspapers.com
Grand opening ad
Cinemas West opening Fri, Feb 11, 1977 – 17 · The Wichita Eagle-Beacon (Wichita, Kansas) · Newspapers.com
Cinemas West opened on February 11, 1977. It had 4 auditoriums. Two of them opened with “The Sentinel” and the others had “Fun With Dick and Jane” and “Bugsy Malone”.
What I remember about this theatre was the large mural behind the concession stand with images of Hollywood stars. It can be seen at the Boxoffice link that Tinseltoes generously provided.
Mike,
The Pawnee 4 and Cinemas West 4 were two individual theaters.
The Pawnee 4 Cinemas was on Pawnee Street in Southwest Wichita. Cinemas West 4 was located near Central & Tyler in northwest Wichita.
Mike,
What are the names of the theaters? If you don’t mind I will do some research on them and get back to you on what I find out.
I have a Wichita paper with a bunch of theatres not listed on Ct,I wonder if some had the name changed,.
Could this have been the PAWNEE 4 Cinemas, I see them listed in the May 15 1974 paper.
Here’s an article about the church’s acquisition of the theater, including a small picture showing some of the theater’s exterior.
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