Plaza Twin Theatre

50sSNIPES on July 23, 2024 at 3:42 pm

The Plaza Twin opened on August 9, 1975 with “Jaws” in Screen 1 and “The Great Waldo Pepper” in Screen 2.

Midco operated the Plaza Twin throughout its life until the chain closed the Plaza Twin in late-August 1986 with “The Karate Kid Part II” in Screen 1 and “Shanghai Surprise” in Screen 2 when the Empire Cinemas nearby expanded to six screens.

zogh on December 10, 2012 at 7:45 pm

The Plaza Twin was shut down when the owners of the Empire Plaza took over a competing mall, New Town Mall, across Louise Ave. to the East. In doing so, they took over that malls six screen New Town 6, and changed it to the Empire 6. It’s footprint in the mall became a hallway for the Southwest expansion & creation of the “Sears Wing”. If you are at the Empire, there is a six door tornado shelter entry on the outside & in an interior employee access hall that bridges over the east\west hall, and that used to be the stage house of the two screens from the theatre, and the only remaining architectural remnant of the former theatre. The exterior doors are in the parking area between the Sears & Daytons [now Macy’s] wings on the SW corner of the complex. There is a delivery hallway next to these that open to the mentioned hallway. If you cross this & enter the delivery doors on the other side, go down that hall, turn left, and imediately left will be a wide stairway that you can walk up & see the large space that is what used to be where the screens used to hang.