The AMC Sarasota Square 6 opened in 1983 at 8027 Geneva Road Sarasota.  It was a second 6 screens complex in the Sarasota Square Mall.

     The Sarasota Square Mall opened  in 1977 with a small six screen theater in the mall. In 1983, the AMC built a second six screen in a separate building on the north east corner of the mall property. It was named Sarasota Square East. The original theater was renamed the Sarasota Square  6 west..

     With the addition of the east theater, the mall offered 12 screens making it one of the regions largest movie destination in the 1980’s.

     Core building specifications. Sarasota Square 6 East

Screen Count 6

Total capacity 1,414 seats

Average 205 seats  per auditorium

     Building Sarasota Square 6 East

Stand alone single story cinema structure

Opening year 1983 as second AMC theater on the mall ground

     Likely included 

Central lobby with concession area

Six auditoriums arranged in 2 rows or a branching hallway

35 mm projectors across all screens

Parking on mall parcel

AMC opened a new 12 screen theater between Dillards and J.C. Penneys on 12/20/2006 The AMC Sarasota east and west were closed