The Memory Lane Drive is now PERMANENTLY CLOSED. The owner has given numerous reasons why the driver in will not open for 2024 and instead be closed permanently. One was attendance, that is funny because you would have thought after buying land on a former another drive-in that sat empty for 32 years before he bought it that sits next to a closed 3 screen cinema might be a sign of, uh this might be a bad idea. Instead he opened Memory Lane, awful name in 2021. He added a second screen in 2023, although he said the drve-in had low attendance. And now closed a year later. The things people will do for tax a write off.
The Memory Lane Drive is now PERMANENTLY CLOSED. The owner has given numerous reasons why the driver in will not open for 2024 and instead be closed permanently. One was attendance, that is funny because you would have thought after buying land on a former another drive-in that sat empty for 32 years before he bought it that sits next to a closed 3 screen cinema might be a sign of, uh this might be a bad idea. Instead he opened Memory Lane, awful name in 2021. He added a second screen in 2023, although he said the drve-in had low attendance. And now closed a year later. The things people will do for tax a write off.
The Regal Theatre has been saved following a $1.2. million Ohio Historic Tax credit. The Regal Theatre will become home to the Robert O'Neal Municipal Arts Center. The total cost of the project is $12 8 million.
The Warren Old Theatre was reopened by Boulevard Theatres on Friday December 20,2024. The Warren Old Town which has 7 screens only used 3 of them on reopening day, screening Sonic The Hedgehog 3, Miba 2, and Wicked.
The Boulos Company list this as 29,000 SQFT.with a lease rate of $12.00 per sq ft, triple net. So $9,000 a month is the rent. Triple net is, you take it as is. It is listed as retail and also says it is for sale at $4.350 million.
TROPICANA CINEMAS SET TO BE CLOSED FOLLOWING TONIGHT’S LAST MOVIE STARTS. THE LAST FILMS TO BE SCREENED ARE #1 VENOM: THE LAST 4,7 | #2 SMILE 3:30, 7:15 | #3 TERRIFIER 3 3:50, 7:10 | # 4 BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE 3,5:20,7:40.ONLY USING 4 OF THE 6 SCREENS, AS USUAL. I WAS TOLD THIS OVER THE WEEKEND, STILL GETTING NO REEL ANSWERS TO CONFIRM OR DENY THE CLOSING. HOWEVER I WAS CALLED AT 12 NOON EASTERN TIME AND WAS TOLD THE THEATRE WAS CLOSING TONIGHT, BUT THIS WAS AN INSIDER WHO DID NOT WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED. THIS IS THE SECOND INSIDER TO TELL ME THE THEATRE IS CLOSING, THE FIRST WAS ON FRIDAY 11/1/2024 AND NOW TODAY ON 11/07/2024.
This theatre is now operated by Republic Theatres
https://www.republictheatres.com/our-locations/g02rt-republic-theatres-pierce-point-cinema/
It will be reopened in time for Thanksgiving.
When NCG reopened the theatre only 10 theaters were opened. The other 10 were converted to other. The screen count is 10, not 20.
NCG Citrus Park Stadium 20 is not the name of this theatre. Again it won’t have the name 20 in it, it has only 10 screens. And actually the theatre is NCG Cirrus Park Cinemas. So NCG Citrus Park Stadium 20 needs changed to NCG Citrus Park Cinemas.
Nouveau was a scam, singed the lease but never did open. They “raised money” to open the theatre, but it was scam. After a tear and arrest of Nouveau members the landlord was so fed up. So fed up with Nouveau did that the landlord demolished the PAGE MANOR TWIN CINEMAS. Thank goodness Nouveau never opened PAGE CINEMA ARTS THEATRE would have been the worst name for a movie theatre ever.
The drive in is open without the marquee. A portable road sign, like the arrow kind is being rented to used for the the this next few weeks until the end of season in late October2024.
DallasMoviesTheeatres, you are so off on your comments about the Washington Square Cinema that fact checking is strongly encouraged to keep this site a place of memories and facts, not fantasy. The Washington Square Cinema opened in 1975, not 1964. Where did you come up with that anyway? In 1975, not 1964 Robeet Mills opened both Washroom Square Cinema and Cinema Centre 1 & 2. Chakeres Southtown 1&2 also opened in 1975. And again you are off on the closing date as well, the Washington Square closed in October 1988 with Wings Of Desire. Chakeres lease ran until May 1989 but closed it in October 1988 as nearby Showcase Cross Point 12 was opening in November. This was following National Amusements acquiring the vast majority of Chakeres locations in April 1988.
The above listing is wrong . Republic took over the Middletown Cinemas way back around 2015 or 2017. NOT 2021! Danbarry last theatres closed in March 2020. Those were Chillicothe, Huber Heights and Miami Township.
Those were closed officially due to the pandemic, however they were all set to close in late 2020, pandemic just pushed up the date.
Republic Middletown did so poorly they only used 6-8 or the screens on any given weekend.
This theatre was prepared for closure in 2004 although it didn’t actually close until 2006. Chakeres was eliminating their discount houses. The Kettering and Urbana were the last two of
discount houses left in the then chain. The 15 year 1988 none compete agreement with National Amusements from their sale of some of Chakeres Dayton theatres had expired.Chakeres knew before the first night Kettering was back as a first run thestre it was only going to be for a few years. National Amusements had finally set a date for the long delay Greene 14 just up the street from Chakeres Kettering.
And the did okay in the beginning as a first run during the first few months. But no matter how well it was going to do, it was already set to close for the Greene 14.
As far as management in the 90s at this theatre. It was managed from 1988- 1999 by Bob Mills. He was moved from Dayton Mall Cinemas when Chakeres sold them. Mr. Mills is a legend. Staying as an usher for RKO in Cincinnati. Then at one
owning Cinema East on Watervilet, Cinema South on Far Hills, Washington Square Cinema, Cinema Centre 1 &2 and Colony Square in Lebanon.
He Washington Square and Cinema Centre both opened in 1975 and built by him. He was going after Chakeres South Dayton market.
However in 1979 he would sell Washington Square, Cinema Centre and Cinema South to Chakeres.
Colony Square went to an independent. About a decade prior Cinema East burned down.
After selling to Chakeres he spent 20 years as a manager before retiring for the company he once fought for market share.
Chakeres at the time in 1975 there was only Dayton Mall Cinema 1 (69) and the Dayton Mall Cinema 2 (72). Across from the mall Chakeres also had Southland 75 Twin Drive-In.
When Mr. Mills not far from the those Chakeres was adding two theatres to the area in 1975 Chakeres had to respond. There was no space at the time in 1975 within Dayton Mall to build additional theatres. Chakeres went next door and leased space inside Elder-
Beerman for Southtown 1 & 2.
Later Chakeres did add Dayton Mall 3&4 in October 79. In 1982 Litchfield built Centerville Cinemas 6
across from from Cinema Centre. Chakeres closed Cinema Centre in 1983 when the lease expired. In 1984
Dayton 5-8 opened
This theatre is owned by the Recency chain and continues to survive although it is struggling. Tropicana Cinemas and the Regenct chain never fully recovered from the Covid lockdown. Tropicana Cinemas sat silent much longer than most theatres did nationwide as Recency tried to figure out their next move was. Tropicana Cinemas like several other Recency locations was a discount theatre (sub-run). The sub-run industry died during the pandemic. The studios and the big theatre chains saw the shift in customer viewing. The movie industry nearly collapsed. Thus the grips on distribution was lightened by the studios and theatre chains. Theatres nationwide that survived were able to go first run. Theatres that had been sub-run for decades, some even built as sub-run theatres were now able to play day and day with the large chains.And finally when Tropicana Cinemas did reopen it did was now a first run theatre. However when Tropicana Cinemas which has always been a six screen cinema (in a sort of horseshoe shape design with theatre #1 starting on the left behind the concession stand going around to theatre # 6 in the front of the concession stand) would now only use 4 of the auditoriums.
And the theatre operates at at a super reduced schedule.
Hours of operation typically are :
Monday - Friday on 4pm and 7pm set.
The weekends are a 1pm, 4pm and 7pm set.
There is nothing after the 7pm other than The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Unlike traditional RHPS showings whick start at midnight. When RHPS plays at Tropicana Cinemas it is at 9pm not midnight. The local RHPS cast had to revamp the time to fit in to the new Tropicana Cinemas schedule. There have been extremely rare occasions that if a movie is suppose to be a big blockbuster during opening weekend Tropicana Cinemas will run a 9pm of that movie on Saturday night if it is during a weekend that RHPS plays.
And even on those nights not all 4 auditoriums are in use, the other 2 auditoriums remain dark.
Tropicana Cinemas is about 2 - 3 run theatre. On even the biggest box office hits pulling patrons in at Tropicana Cinemas after the second week is a tough task, so usually it will be dropped on week 3.
The troubled theatre in now on it’s third owner in less than 7 years. The former Eclipse to the awfully named Art Houz it is now simply called Downtown Cinemas.
The Memory Lane Drive is now PERMANENTLY CLOSED. The owner has given numerous reasons why the driver in will not open for 2024 and instead be closed permanently. One was attendance, that is funny because you would have thought after buying land on a former another drive-in that sat empty for 32 years before he bought it that sits next to a closed 3 screen cinema might be a sign of, uh this might be a bad idea. Instead he opened Memory Lane, awful name in 2021. He added a second screen in 2023, although he said the drve-in had low attendance. And now closed a year later. The things people will do for tax a write off.
The Memory Lane Drive is now PERMANENTLY CLOSED. The owner has given numerous reasons why the driver in will not open for 2024 and instead be closed permanently. One was attendance, that is funny because you would have thought after buying land on a former another drive-in that sat empty for 32 years before he bought it that sits next to a closed 3 screen cinema might be a sign of, uh this might be a bad idea. Instead he opened Memory Lane, awful name in 2021. He added a second screen in 2023, although he said the drve-in had low attendance. And now closed a year later. The things people will do for tax a write off.
This theatre has been gutted and now is Auto Value Carparts store.
The Regal Theatre has been saved following a $1.2. million Ohio Historic Tax credit. The Regal Theatre will become home to the Robert O'Neal Municipal Arts Center. The total cost of the project is $12 8 million.
Mona 2, not Miba 2
The Warren Old Theatre was reopened by Boulevard Theatres on Friday December 20,2024. The Warren Old Town which has 7 screens only used 3 of them on reopening day, screening Sonic The Hedgehog 3, Miba 2, and Wicked.
This theatre reopens today 12/19/24 at 1:30pm It is a soft opening only using 4 screens tonight.
Mufasa (PG) 200,330,430,630,730 Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (PG) 645,745
Friday the 12/20/24 - 12/24/24 they will start using 3 additional screens.
Mufasa (PG) 100,200,330,430,630,730 (FRI/SAT 900,1000) Sonic The Hedgehog 3 (PG) 130,215,400,445,700,745 (FRI/SAT 930,1015) Mona 2 (PG) 135,355,635 (FRI/SAT 935) Wicked (PG) 100,625 (FRI/SAT 940)
The Boulos Company list this as 29,000 SQFT.with a lease rate of $12.00 per sq ft, triple net. So $9,000 a month is the rent. Triple net is, you take it as is. It is listed as retail and also says it is for sale at $4.350 million.
TROPICANA CINEMAS SET TO BE CLOSED FOLLOWING TONIGHT’S LAST MOVIE STARTS. THE LAST FILMS TO BE SCREENED ARE #1 VENOM: THE LAST 4,7 | #2 SMILE 3:30, 7:15 | #3 TERRIFIER 3 3:50, 7:10 | # 4 BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE 3,5:20,7:40.ONLY USING 4 OF THE 6 SCREENS, AS USUAL. I WAS TOLD THIS OVER THE WEEKEND, STILL GETTING NO REEL ANSWERS TO CONFIRM OR DENY THE CLOSING. HOWEVER I WAS CALLED AT 12 NOON EASTERN TIME AND WAS TOLD THE THEATRE WAS CLOSING TONIGHT, BUT THIS WAS AN INSIDER WHO DID NOT WANT TO BE IDENTIFIED. THIS IS THE SECOND INSIDER TO TELL ME THE THEATRE IS CLOSING, THE FIRST WAS ON FRIDAY 11/1/2024 AND NOW TODAY ON 11/07/2024.
This theatre is now operated by Republic Theatres https://www.republictheatres.com/our-locations/g02rt-republic-theatres-pierce-point-cinema/ It will be reopened in time for Thanksgiving.
The information on this theatre is old and wrong.
When NCG reopened the theatre only 10 theaters were opened. The other 10 were converted to other. The screen count is 10, not 20.
NCG Citrus Park Stadium 20 is not the name of this theatre. Again it won’t have the name 20 in it, it has only 10 screens. And actually the theatre is NCG Cirrus Park Cinemas. So NCG Citrus Park Stadium 20 needs changed to NCG Citrus Park Cinemas.
This theatre is now Community Fitness Center. Pictures added in the picture section.
This theatre has been gutted and is now Goodyear Medical Plaza. An updated photo has been added.
Beaver Valley Cinemas had 2,000 seats with 2 auditoriums with 200 seats and the other 4 each had 400 seats. The theatre was 28,000 SQFT.
This theatre is now called Carson Valley Cinemas 8
Nouveau was a scam, singed the lease but never did open. They “raised money” to open the theatre, but it was scam. After a tear and arrest of Nouveau members the landlord was so fed up. So fed up with Nouveau did that the landlord demolished the PAGE MANOR TWIN CINEMAS. Thank goodness Nouveau never opened PAGE CINEMA ARTS THEATRE would have been the worst name for a movie theatre ever.
The drive in is open without the marquee. A portable road sign, like the arrow kind is being rented to used for the the this next few weeks until the end of season in late October2024.
Dixie Twin Drive-In marquee was knocked destroyed and knocked down today 9/27/2024 during a major storm. Picture added.
THIS THEATRE OPENED IN 1975
DallasMoviesTheeatres, you are so off on your comments about the Washington Square Cinema that fact checking is strongly encouraged to keep this site a place of memories and facts, not fantasy. The Washington Square Cinema opened in 1975, not 1964. Where did you come up with that anyway? In 1975, not 1964 Robeet Mills opened both Washroom Square Cinema and Cinema Centre 1 & 2. Chakeres Southtown 1&2 also opened in 1975. And again you are off on the closing date as well, the Washington Square closed in October 1988 with Wings Of Desire. Chakeres lease ran until May 1989 but closed it in October 1988 as nearby Showcase Cross Point 12 was opening in November. This was following National Amusements acquiring the vast majority of Chakeres locations in April 1988.
Here is a YouTube tour of the Middletown Cinemas 10:
https://youtu.be/dIXC0W6JQWA?si=iZ9rnX_uP4P0Pccn
The above listing is wrong . Republic took over the Middletown Cinemas way back around 2015 or 2017. NOT 2021! Danbarry last theatres closed in March 2020. Those were Chillicothe, Huber Heights and Miami Township. Those were closed officially due to the pandemic, however they were all set to close in late 2020, pandemic just pushed up the date.
Republic Middletown did so poorly they only used 6-8 or the screens on any given weekend.
This theatre was prepared for closure in 2004 although it didn’t actually close until 2006. Chakeres was eliminating their discount houses. The Kettering and Urbana were the last two of discount houses left in the then chain. The 15 year 1988 none compete agreement with National Amusements from their sale of some of Chakeres Dayton theatres had expired.Chakeres knew before the first night Kettering was back as a first run thestre it was only going to be for a few years. National Amusements had finally set a date for the long delay Greene 14 just up the street from Chakeres Kettering. And the did okay in the beginning as a first run during the first few months. But no matter how well it was going to do, it was already set to close for the Greene 14.
As far as management in the 90s at this theatre. It was managed from 1988- 1999 by Bob Mills. He was moved from Dayton Mall Cinemas when Chakeres sold them. Mr. Mills is a legend. Staying as an usher for RKO in Cincinnati. Then at one owning Cinema East on Watervilet, Cinema South on Far Hills, Washington Square Cinema, Cinema Centre 1 &2 and Colony Square in Lebanon.
He Washington Square and Cinema Centre both opened in 1975 and built by him. He was going after Chakeres South Dayton market.
However in 1979 he would sell Washington Square, Cinema Centre and Cinema South to Chakeres. Colony Square went to an independent. About a decade prior Cinema East burned down.
After selling to Chakeres he spent 20 years as a manager before retiring for the company he once fought for market share.
Chakeres at the time in 1975 there was only Dayton Mall Cinema 1 (69) and the Dayton Mall Cinema 2 (72). Across from the mall Chakeres also had Southland 75 Twin Drive-In.
When Mr. Mills not far from the those Chakeres was adding two theatres to the area in 1975 Chakeres had to respond. There was no space at the time in 1975 within Dayton Mall to build additional theatres. Chakeres went next door and leased space inside Elder- Beerman for Southtown 1 & 2.
Later Chakeres did add Dayton Mall 3&4 in October 79. In 1982 Litchfield built Centerville Cinemas 6 across from from Cinema Centre. Chakeres closed Cinema Centre in 1983 when the lease expired. In 1984 Dayton 5-8 opened
This theatre is owned by the Recency chain and continues to survive although it is struggling. Tropicana Cinemas and the Regenct chain never fully recovered from the Covid lockdown. Tropicana Cinemas sat silent much longer than most theatres did nationwide as Recency tried to figure out their next move was. Tropicana Cinemas like several other Recency locations was a discount theatre (sub-run). The sub-run industry died during the pandemic. The studios and the big theatre chains saw the shift in customer viewing. The movie industry nearly collapsed. Thus the grips on distribution was lightened by the studios and theatre chains. Theatres nationwide that survived were able to go first run. Theatres that had been sub-run for decades, some even built as sub-run theatres were now able to play day and day with the large chains.And finally when Tropicana Cinemas did reopen it did was now a first run theatre. However when Tropicana Cinemas which has always been a six screen cinema (in a sort of horseshoe shape design with theatre #1 starting on the left behind the concession stand going around to theatre # 6 in the front of the concession stand) would now only use 4 of the auditoriums.
And the theatre operates at at a super reduced schedule. Hours of operation typically are : Monday - Friday on 4pm and 7pm set. The weekends are a 1pm, 4pm and 7pm set.
There is nothing after the 7pm other than The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Unlike traditional RHPS showings whick start at midnight. When RHPS plays at Tropicana Cinemas it is at 9pm not midnight. The local RHPS cast had to revamp the time to fit in to the new Tropicana Cinemas schedule. There have been extremely rare occasions that if a movie is suppose to be a big blockbuster during opening weekend Tropicana Cinemas will run a 9pm of that movie on Saturday night if it is during a weekend that RHPS plays.
And even on those nights not all 4 auditoriums are in use, the other 2 auditoriums remain dark.
Tropicana Cinemas is about 2 - 3 run theatre. On even the biggest box office hits pulling patrons in at Tropicana Cinemas after the second week is a tough task, so usually it will be dropped on week 3.
The troubled theatre in now on it’s third owner in less than 7 years. The former Eclipse to the awfully named Art Houz it is now simply called Downtown Cinemas.