Bama Six Cinemas
2600 McFarland Boulevard,
Tuscaloosa,
AL
35405
2600 McFarland Boulevard,
Tuscaloosa,
AL
35405
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Bama Six was the premiere theater in Tuscaloosa in the late ‘80s and early '90s. For example, Bama Six hosted Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Ghostbusters II, Batman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Die Hard 2, Home Alone, Backdraft, City Slickers, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Terminator 2, Batman Returns. Throughout the decade, both the Bama and the Fox at McFarland Mall evenly had the big releases, but never the same movies. The Bama 6 had a spacious lobby with an arcade featuring games like Tron and Centipede well into the mid-'90s.
The Bama 6! I lived and attended college in Tuscaloosa from 1997-2003. This theater was constructed in typical fashion by long-gone Consolidated Theaters and opened in the early 1980’s. It was constructed with six screens in more or less analogous design as the Riverchase 6 (now AMC Lorna Ridge 10) in Hoover, AL. See Lorna Ridge 10 for building details. During its final decades under Carmike, the Bama 6 was coldly overlooked in favor of the Summit 16 in Birmingham. Like the Fox 12 nearby before its demise, Bama 6 operated as a first run theater. Unfortunately, Carmike only did minimal work on the Bama 6 allowing the theater to earn its rockbottom reputation. Because Carmike’s unwillingness to install upgraded amenities, many a theatergoer in Tuscaloosa point-blank refused to see movies here, instead willing to make the 60 mile plus trek to Birmingham. In the end, the Bama 6 was quietly shuttered in mid 2000’s where it sadly remains closed in its dilapidated state. I can find no reason whey the owners of the building have yet to find use for it.
Went here several times during college. It was not the nicest of the theaters in T-town, but it was ok.
The 2011 tornado did not strike near this building.
The tornado was actually 2 blocks away. I believe the building was spared.
The F5 tornado that hit Tuscaloosa yesterday probably took this building out. It was about a block away from a main point of devastation.