Tower Place Festival Cinemas
8700 Pineville-Matthews Road,
Charlotte,
NC
28226
8700 Pineville-Matthews Road,
Charlotte,
NC
28226
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Previously operated by: General Cinema Corp.
Previous Names: Tower Place Cinema 8
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Opening on October 3, 1986 the Tower Place Festival Cinemas was the fourth theatre in the greater Charlotte area to operated under General Cinema Theatres which also operated the Charlottetowne Mall, Southpark,and Eastland Mall Cinemas. Located in the Tower Place Shopping Center at the intersection of Highway 51 and Park Road. At the time of it’s opening, all auditoriums featured state of the art Dolby digital sound with plush velvet seats and advanced ticket sales for upcoming features. Not to mention acres of free parking. General Cinema Theatres closed this theatre in 1998.
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General Cinema operated this theatre until 2001.
I wish I could remember when it closed but 1998 sounds about right. Here is link of photo at my flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/patricia_assorted_pics/3093439077/in/set-72157607065287311
Seating capacity for this theatre was at 2,230.
Grand opening ad posted.
GCC must have built at least 20 of these.
This cinema did not close in 2001. It was shut down sometime in 1998.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/757274198/?match=5&clipping_id=136007927