Turfland Cinemas
2025 Harrodsburg Road,
Lexington,
KY
40504
2025 Harrodsburg Road,
Lexington,
KY
40504
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Previously operated by: General Cinema Corp., Loew's Inc., Mid-States Theaters Inc., USA Cinemas
Previous Names: Turfland Cinema on-the-Mall, Turfland Mall Cinemas 99, Lucas Theatres 2
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The General Cinema Turfland on-the-Mall opened as a 928-seat single screen on December 22nd, 1967 with Dean Martin in “The Ambushers”. It was later twinned and owned by Mid-States Theaters Inc., USA Cinemas and Loew’s, who closed it in August 1990. It reopened as Turfland Cinemas, a dollar house, on May 31, 1991 and closed in 2007.
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Grand opening ad posted. It was the first for General Cinema in the state.
Ever noticed so many Boston-based chains operated most of the cinemas in Lexington, Louisville, and Cincinnati? USA Cinemas, National Amusements, Hallmark, General Cinema, etc.
Loew’s closed it in August 1990 and reopened as a dollar house on May 31st, 1991. Another ad posted.
Uploaded photos from the Lexington Herald-Ledger of the theatre and the pylon when it was the Turfland Cinema at the Mall.
Most of the mall was razed. A portion of it is now a Home Depot.
Does anyone know the number of seats before it was twinned? Or the dimensions of the screen?
During its final days of operation, the Turfland Cinemas had a couple of brief name changes. In late-August 2006, the Turfland Cinemas was renamed the “Turfland Mall Cinemas 99” after the theater changed its format from a $1.50 first-run house to a 99-cent second-run discount house.
Right after Lucas Peck took over the Turfland Cinemas from Thomas Abdoo in early-2007, the Turfland Cinemas was renamed the “Lucas Theatres 2” for a few months until its final closure on May 24, 2007.
Also Brad, got your answer. When General Cinema opened the Turfland on December 22, 1967 with “The Ambushers” as a single-screener, it has an original capacity of 928 seats.