UA Hardy Street Cinema 2
905 Hardy Street,
Hattiesburg,
MS
39401
905 Hardy Street,
Hattiesburg,
MS
39401
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Previously operated by: Gulf States Theatres, United Artists Theater Circuit Inc.
Functions: Laser Tag
Previous Names: Cinema Theatre, Hardy Street Cinemas 2
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Gulf States Theatres opened the 750-seat Cinema Theatre on August 22, 1967 with Walter Brennan in “The Gnome Mobile”. It was twinned on June 12 1981. On March 5, 1982 it was renamed Hardy Street Cinemas 2. It was taken over by United Artists on February 12, 1987. It was closed on August 13, 1992 with John Lithgow in “Raising Cain” & Gina Davis in “A League of their Own”. It became a car dealership and later a Laser Mania laser tag game room.
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Gulf States announced this venue in February of 1967 shortly after purchasing the Rebel Theatre elsewhere in town. It was built as an “upscale shopping center theater” with 750 rocker lounger seats and large screen. It launched as The Cinema Theater August 22, 1967 with Walt Disney’s “The Gnome Mobile.” The theatre was twinned beginning on June 12, 1981.
On March 5, 1982, Gulf States renamed the venue as the Hardy Street Cinemas 2. United Artists Theatre Circuit purchased Gulf States Theatres Inc. and its 52 theaters in December of 1986. United Artists officially took over the venue on February 12, 1987 as the UA Hardy Street Cinema 2 (often truncated in ads to the UA Hardy 2). United Artists closed the venue permanently on August 13, 1992 likely at the end of a 25-year leasing agreement with John Lithgow in “Raising Cain” and Geena Davis in “A League of Their Own.”
The facility became an auto dealer location the next year and later was a gaming venue known for laser tag. (BTW: The theater was never called the Hardy Court Twin which was a Plitt location in Gulfport.)