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Pages in category "Cinemas and movie theaters in Omaha, Nebraska" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
AMC Oakview Plaza 24 [8] 1997 [8] 3555 South 140th Plaza [8] With 24 screens, this is the largest theater complex in Omaha. [8] AMC Westroads 14 [9] November 14, 2008 [9] 10000 California Street [9] The theater opened as Rave Cinemas Westroads in 2008 as Omaha's first all-digital cinema. AMC Theatres purchased the theater in 2013. [9] [10] Blue ...
Due to the prohibitive cost of the Cinerama production process, the epic How the West Was Won was the last film shot using the Cinerama process, although later motion pictures (2001, A Space Odyssey, for example) that could take advantage of the wide screen, were marketed as "Cinerama" films. The Indian Hills Theater was the movie palace of its ...
On March 26, 2008, it was announced that Marcus Theatres of Milwaukee, Wisconsin would buy seven Douglas Theatres, along with the name for $40.5 million. Cinema Center and Q-Cinema 9 in Omaha would continue to be owned by Douglas Theatres, and set close before summer, and Cinema Center would be set to close between October 2008 and February 2009.
Film Streams' North Downtown Omaha cinema is named after Ruth Sokolof, née Rosinsky (1925-1982), a well-known educator in Omaha who focused her life on helping children with disabilities. [18] With her husband, Phil, [ 19 ] [ 20 ] many education-based scholarships are awarded in their name each year to Omaha-area students and educators.
Westroads Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Omaha, Nebraska at the intersection of 100th and Dodge Streets (U.S. Route 6). It is the largest mall in Nebraska . [ 2 ] The mall's anchor stores are The Container Store , Von Maur , JCPenney , Dick's Sporting Goods , Dillard's , and AMC Theatres .
It reopened as a movie theater in 1962 with a new name, the Astro Theatre, run by Dubinsky Brothers and with a reduced capacity of 1,465. [5] It continued operations until June 1980. [ 7 ] In 1974 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and in October 1980 it was listed as an Omaha landmark .
In 1974, the Cooper Foundation sold the Dundee to Edward Cohen and David Frank of Omaha. They changed the theater's offering to family pictures in an attempt to create a "top-notch house". [ 5 ] The theater closed for a short time and in 1980 was purchased and renovated by Denny Moran of Moran Cinemas.