{"id":4870,"date":"2011-12-23T00:27:42","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T05:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=4870"},"modified":"2012-07-03T21:53:21","modified_gmt":"2012-07-04T02:53:21","slug":"columbia-mall-cinema-8-columbia-place-stadium-cinemas-7201-802-two-notch-road-december-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=4870","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Mall Cinema 8 \/ Columbia Place Stadium Cinemas, 7201-802 Two Notch Road: December 2011 (open again)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Originally, as I recall it, this was simply the Columbia Mall Theater<\/i>, and opened about the same time as the mall itself. Compared to some of the other theaters in town, I don't have any really strong memories of the place. I know I saw what was pretty much the last 70s style Disney live-action movie there: The North Avenue Irregulars<\/a>\"\" as well as one of Disney's periodic re-issues of The Jungle Book<\/i> and the first run of The Rescuers Down Under<\/i>. (Yeah, I like Disney). I also remember trying<\/i> to go there for a James Bond flick, one of the later Moore ones, and finding it sold out, a pretty rare experience back then.<\/p>\n

At some point after I moved out of town, the Mall started to decline, and the theaters actually went under (along with the nearby Capitol Centre Theater<\/a>). After that, a company called Phoenix Theaters<\/i> re-opened the theater, which was sort of their shtick \"phoenix from the ashes\"\/\"new theater from old\". I can't find out a lot about them because every google search turns up theaters in Phoenix Arizona, but this might be their web site<\/a>. If it is, they have downsized considerably. At any rate, I don't think the Phoenix<\/i> incarnation lasted too long here in Columbia. I recall seeing one movie under that regime (they had the latest showtimes) and not being too impressed with the theater (or the movie as I can't now recall what it was).<\/p>\n

After that, I think the theaters closed again, and remodeled along stadium lines, which was the latest gimmick several years ago (and is an improvement, I have to admit). I'm struggling to think of any<\/i> movie I saw there after the conversion, and I don't think there is one -- by that time, I had switched mostly to Richland Mall and Forest Drive as my default theaters.<\/p>\n

I've lost the hat tip for the commenter who pointed out this closure, and when they said it happened, but if you look closely, you can see a poster for The Darkest Hour<\/i> a movie which opens on Christmas Day 2011, so it was very recent, and we can assume somewhat unexpected if they thought they would be showing that one.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 3 July 2012<\/b> -- As the pictures below show, the place is now open again as Columbia Place Stadium Cinemas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Getting ready to re-open (28 May 2012):<\/p>\n

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Open again (29 June 2012):<\/p>\n

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