The City Cinemas opened in 1972, as  the ABC Theatres 1 & 2. Located in the City Shopping Center complex, the theatre was a luxurious twin plex, seating 788 and 715. Originally operated by ABC Theatres, a division of the American Broadcasting  Company (also parent company to ABC television), the venue was sold to Plitt Theatres in the mid 70’s (Plitt’s namesake, Henry Plitt, had been an executive with ABC) , and later to Syufy/Century Theatres.

In the mid 1980’s, the theatre’s large auditorium was subdivided in to three screens, converting the City Cinema in to a far less notable four plex. While intended as a means to stay competitive with local multiplexes, the effort ultimately took away the venue’s primary drawing point and the theatre began to slip in to irrelevance. Coupled with the City Shopping Center’s decline, the theatre was forced to close by  the mid 90’s. The entire property was razed later in the decade and replaced by the Block “lifestyle” shopping complex.

The former theatre site is now a parking lot.