Plaza North Theatre
1551 Niagara Falls Boulevard,
Amherst,
NY
14228
1551 Niagara Falls Boulevard,
Amherst,
NY
14228
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The Plaza North Theatre was opened on December 27, 1968 with David Niven in “The Impossible Years”. It was closed in 1982. The former single screen theatre is now currently used as retail space in a shopping plaza on Niagara Falls Boulevard.
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Opened in December 1968. any dispute with this date?
Presently this theatre is used as a dollar store. There is nothing left from its days as a theatre.
The first film showed here was THE IMPOSSIBLE YEARS.
Saw the revival of BEN-HUR here in 1969. At the time it was the best sound separation I had heard in a theater.
I believe the correct address is 1551 Niagara Falls Blvd.in Amherst, NY.
I think this place was right around where the Outback Steakhouse is. The only film I can ever really recall seeing here was The gross out sci fi flick The Demon Seed in 1977 but I may have seen others. I know I walked a couple miles to see a revival of American Graffiti in 1978 with previously unseen scenes only to be turned away at the door for being 13 (!) I asked them if they knew the film was rated PG and they told me it was the policy of the theater to not let any unaccompanied minors in during evening showings. I then told them I had seen the movie over ten times and could recite the dialogue verbatim but that didn’t phase them. I then told them I saw the R rated Demon Seed with my 16 year old sister the year before and that’s when they said bye.
I’d have to look at some old back local papers to figure out when this place closed but I would venture to guess early 80’s….maybe as late as 85.
Here’s a new 4-page 50th anniversary FIDDLER ON THE ROOF retrospective featuring a roadshow playdate chronology and historian Q&A. Plaza North’s lengthy run is mentioned in the piece.
This opened on December 27th, 1968, by Dipson theatres with “The Impossible Years”. Grand opening ad posted.
Closed 1982