Town Center Tri- Cinemas
18101 NW Evergreen Parkway,
Beaverton,
OR
97006
18101 NW Evergreen Parkway,
Beaverton,
OR
97006
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The Town Center Cinema at Tanasbourne was opened by Favorite Theatres (Owned by one of the Moyer brothers) on June 18th, 1975. It closed in 1993 after being taken over by Act III in 1990. Grand opening ad posted.
There is a decent article about the old Tanasbourne Mall here, which mentions the cinemas: http://tanasbournemall.blogspot.com/
I saw “The Natural” here in 1984 with some friends. Even then, years before it was torn down, the mall was pretty empty. We walked past a lot of empty store fronts to get to the theater. The theaters seemed small to me, and narrow, and not very cozy. It seemed like they had a sort of industrial look, with exposed concrete, steel beams, and plastic seats. The screens seemed small to me as well. It was a long time ago and my memory may be failing, but anyway that’s how I remember it.
PLEASE CHANGE ADDRESS TO:
18101 NORTHWEST EVEREGREEN PARKWAY, BEAVERTON, OR 97006
The old address 185th Street and Sunset Road gave 268 locations when you went to the Map!
Need more info and photos.
I worked at this theater from 1979 to 1981 and managed it from 1982 to 1985. At the end of its days it was called the Tanasbourne Cinemas. It was run by Moyer Theaters. It was at 185th and Sunset highway. A target is where the theater was. Now there is a Regal across from where the Tanasbourne Mall was. Seating capacities were 535, 304, and 304. 70mm in big auditorium. Ran Close Encounters, 2010, Quest for Fire, Star Trek 3, and a few others in 70mm. The mall was torn down when the theater was and turned into an open air shopping center. An early multiplex, not really much but it was first theater I managed and have lots of fond memories.