Greeley Mall Cinema

Announced in February of 1977, this $170,000 theater was constructed at the right time. On June 29th, 1977, Cooper-Highland opened its new theater, the Greeley Mall Cinema 1 & 2 inside of the four year old mall. They hit a home run out of the chute with “Star Wars” as one of the opening films. And the theater was open during the mall’s halcyon days. However, the mall would fade and need a major rehab in 2004 with the cinema and many tenants — including three of five anchors — having long-since departed. Cinemark would open in the former Montgomery Ward’s spot with a 12-screen theater and multiple attempts were made to keep the mall competitive as of the mid-2010s including the filling another one of the vacant anchor spots.