[billiefan2000]

anyone remember these in Omaha? this is a going down memory lane in omaha post




a friend of mine showed me a old omaha world herald paper from 1992 and it had listed for local movie theatres


the discount 2 screen theatre at 84th and dodge near shopko


indian hills at 86th and dodge

Maplewood Twin Cinema at 90th and bedford area (where aldi's is now)


Cinema Center 8 at 82nd and center

O-Cinema 9 at 120th and q

orchard 4 at 132nd and center

South Cinema 7 and Southroads 4 Theatres in bellevue

and there were 3 from Council Bluffs listed (one was at Mall of the Bluffs)


and park 4 theatres at 84th and park drive in ralston area


anyone remember these and have good or bad memories of any of these places and is there any that you wish were still around today

[pheaton]

Q-Cinema 9 at 120th and Q was where my wife and I went on our first date. Kind of sad.

Cinema Center was where I saw lots of movies during high school with a lot of friends.

What's worse is several of these places that were demolished are either empty holes in the ground or were turned into a useless parking lot.

[McBain II]

I remember Indian Hills. That place was cool. The way it was demolished was pretty shady too from what I can remember.

The only significant movie theater in Council Bluffs was the old drive-in down in the South End. The only other theaters in Council Bluffs were at the Mall of the Bluffs (nice, but neither historically or culturally significant really) and the one at the Omni Center Mall, which was basically crap.

[billiefan2000]

Originally Posted by pheaton

Q-Cinema 9 at 120th and Q was where my wife and I went on our first date. Kind of sad.

Cinema Center was where I saw lots of movies during high school with a lot of friends.

What's worse is several of these places that were demolished are either empty holes in the ground or were turned into a useless parking lot.

I agree. Stockyards 8 and Indian Hills are nothing but parking lots and I think so is Q Cinema 9

I went to the drive in a couple of times. loved that one in CB.


isnt the one that was in ralston on park drive now a Jazzercise place (cause someone told me that is where it was)

[InTheO!]

I liked Indian Hills and that HUGE screen they had.

I also miss the Stockyards, the movies were fifty cents before noon. You can't beat that. Although I did see some pretty scary stuff, mostly gang related or just basic dumb*****ery.

[SandmanSand]

Originally Posted by Bosco55David

I remember Indian Hills. That place was cool. The way it was demolished was pretty shady too from what I can remember.

It was pretty bad how they (Methodist) demolished it. They damaged one of the 3 cameras, most of the thin slats that made up the screen, and dropped the big neon sign when taking it off the side of the building. As far as I know it's in the basement of The Durham Museum. Here's a good link for Indian Hills Memories of Omaha's Lost Architectural Treasure.
I watched Tommy by the Who there, and other good movies.

Originally Posted by Bosco55David

the Omni Center Mall, which was basically crap.

Is that mall still there? It was strangely built, and so was the theater. There used to be other theaters in downtown Co. Bluffs, sadly a old one featured dirty movies

I remember more theaters in Omaha that are mentioned here so far. Downtown at one time had close to a dozen. Where I grew up I had 3 theaters near me that were within walking distance. The Center, Astro, and Admiral theaters. Times were different in the 70's, safe to walk around. I found this page that gives 52 theaters Cinema Treasures | Search Theaters (http://cinematreasures.org/search/query=omaha&search=city&method=n&show=all - broken link) (some are missing) of open/closed/or demolished theaters that were/are in Omaha. There's some cool old pictures of some. The 84th & Center Drive-In was good times

[McBain II]

Originally Posted by SandmanSand

It was pretty bad how they (Methodist) demolished it. They damaged one of the 3 cameras, most of the thin slats that made up the screen, and dropped the big neon sign when taking it off the side of the building. As far as I know it's in the basement of The Durham Museum. Here's a good link for Indian Hills Memories of Omaha's Lost Architectural Treasure.
I watched Tommy by the Who there, and other good movies.

Thanks for the link! That's one I don't remember seeing.

If I recall correctly, Methodist was so quick (and subsequently sloppy) to demolish the theater because the city was going to do something that would have been a big enough legal hurdle that it would have all but killed the demolition effort, but Methodist beat them to the punch.

Is that mall still there? It was strangely built, and so was the theater. There used to be other theaters in downtown Co. Bluffs, sadly a old one featured dirty movies

You know what's funny? Someone in the Crossroads thread asked about the same mall but didn't know the name, so I referenced this thread, and now I'm going to reference that thread.

I'm not sure what their current status is, but the theaters at Omni Centre were still open when I moved to Tampa, which was in the spring of 2002.

EDIT: It looks like the Omni Centre was originally "Midlands Mall".

Courtesy of The Historical Society of Pottawattamie County, Iowa...





An old postcard...

[BrianGuy1979]

I didn't even know they were going to close down Q Cinema 9. My wife and I had a date night set up and we were going to go there. We drove out west to go there and it was gone! No evidence it even stood! So, on our way back to Bellevue we stopped at the Stockyards one and wth?? CLOSED? It wasn't meant to be that night! lol

[billiefan2000]

i lost a friend around thanksgiving in 2002 who died in a electrical accident at her house

and I would go to on the day after thanksgiving and lay some flowers at her grave. RIP Candy



and also catch a movie at stockyards 8 on the same day (since I get the day after thanksgiving off)

not anymore with the movies. might this year go to mid-town movie theatre this year

I was fuming when stockyards closed earlier this year



saw Surrogates starring Bruce Willis

and perfect getaway and Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself

and also 17 again starring Michelle Trachtenberg and some other folks who were in the film at stockyards movie theatre.

all great movies.

aliens in the attic. not good movie at all, except for the Doris Robert kung-fu scene which makes it worth the dollar I spent to see the film.

[HandBanana]

When I was a wee lad (the late 70s) Omaha had what must have been a dozen drive in theaters.
Sad to see it go the way of the dodo and frankly I'm surprised that it has.
With more people than ever having cars and with movies being more expensive than ever, you would think that drive ins would be good business.

Sigh.

We just went to the drive in last weekend out here where I live now in Sacramento and the place was packed to the gills. It also seemed like they hadnt renovated in 40 years, but that's part of the charm.