AMC Classic Plaza 8
1700 N. Wisner Street,
Jackson,
MI
49202
1700 N. Wisner Street,
Jackson,
MI
49202
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Two screens on June 11th, 1975, 3 on September 19th, 1980, 8 on December 18th, 1997 via an expansion out front and more subdivisions, remodeled with expanded lobby and larger screens in July 2003. Grand opening ads and aerial photos added.
Opened by Butterfield Theatres as the Plaza Cinema with one screen on October 10th, 1969 with “The Lion in Winter”. Grand opening ad posted.
AMC closed the AMC Classic Plaza 8 on March 16, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The circuit made the closure permanent that summer becoming one of many theatres closed by a circuit during the pandemic.
True, but even that GKC facade was an improvement over the original theater’s appearance. Those 70s-era Butterfield-built theaters were little more than cement block bunkers. The interiors were very plain.
You have to admit that Carmike did a nice job in renovating this theater after looking at old photos from the GKC era.
There is additional information about this theater here.
Back in 2005, I wrote a piece online devoted to the sale of the GKC theater chain to Carmike called “Death of a Theater Chain.” The article also sums up the ownership history of the Plaza Cinemas. You can see it at http://home.comcast.net/~steelbeard1/flinn070505.htm