Multiplexes / Renaissance Center / Riverfront
Riverfront 4 Theatre
Closed – archive entry · 1978–2015
A four-screen cinema inside the Renaissance Center from 1978 to 2015: first the Riverfront 4, then, after a 2008 renovation, the family-friendly Ren Cen 4 in Tower 200.
Quick facts
- Opened
- 1978
- Closed
- 2015
- Seats
- 680
02 / The story of this place
Make time for these
Nicholas George Theatres opened the four-screen Riverfront 4 inside the brand-new Renaissance Center in 1978. The four auditoriums held 680 seats in all. In September 2008 Uptown Entertainment, operator of the Birmingham 8 and Palladium 12, reopened it after a renovation as the Ren Cen 4. It ran as a family-friendly cinema on level 2 of Tower 200, with free valet parking at first and $8.50 tickets. It closed on June 30, 2015.
- Four screens inside the Renaissance Center
- Reborn as the family-friendly Ren Cen 4 in 2008
- $8.50 tickets when it reopened
Plan your visit
The Ren Cen 4 closed on June 30, 2015. For a movie downtown today, see the cinemas in our guide that are still open.
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