Turfland Cinemas
2025 Harrodsburg Road,
Lexington,
KY
40504
2025 Harrodsburg Road,
Lexington,
KY
40504
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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.
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.
Does anyone know the number of seats before it was twinned? Or the dimensions of the screen?
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.
Loew’s closed it in August 1990 and reopened as a dollar house on May 31st, 1991. Another ad posted.
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.