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Court Square Stadium 10 Cinemas

As the only movie theater downtown, the Court Square Stadium 10 Cinemas is the busiest attraction in Lincolnton.  The project, situated in what used to be the Citizen Center parking lot, has 10 screens and stadium seating. Not only has it filled a hole left by the loss of the Historic North State Hotel, but it has also energized downtown Lincolnton at night for restaurants and other businesses. The movie theater is a huge catalyst for after-hours activity downtown.

The use of this state of the art facility is not only limited to “coming attractions” at night. It also functions as a meeting facility during the day hosting public and private clients that require breakout rooms for conference sessions and presentations. New food service facilities complement the new meeting space as well as enhance and expand the use of the existing James Warren Citizens Center auditorium.

There is no fret about where to park. New public parking areas were included in the project. Built adjacent to the theater on the Water Street block between Government and High Streets, the new parking area is easily accessible for daytime use as well as for moviegoers and accommodates the existing and additional vehicles.

The elaborately decorated art deco architecture of the new building harkens back to the days of the grand classically-styled movie palaces of the 1920s and 30s that “made the average citizen feel like royalty.”  Yet with a nod to the simpler styling of the curve on the Beaux Arts Reinhardt building across the street, the new theater complements and fits in with the existing architecture downtown.