Avon Lake Theatre
33487 Lake Road,
Avon Lake,
OH
44012
33487 Lake Road,
Avon Lake,
OH
44012
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Armstrong Circuit, Associated Theatres, Atlas Theater Corp., National Drive-In Theatres
Architects: William Stanley Ferguson
Functions: Beauty Salon
Styles: Streamline Moderne
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Opened April 21, 1949, the Avon Lake Theatre was operated Associated Theatres. In 1969 it was taken over by National Drive-In Theatres. They closed it in 1980. It was reopened by the Armstrong Circuit in 1985 and they closed it in 1990
Around 1994 it was reopened by the Atlas Theatre Group who finally closed it around 2000. It was unable to compete with the new Regal Cobblestone Square 20 which had opened in 1999 and another local theatre. It is now used by a hair salon.
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I went there to see the first two Star Wars films in 1980 when Ep.4 was re-released and Ep.5 just came out. The last movie I can remember going to see there was Wayne’s World. I hate to see the small theaters go. Avon Lake was a good one to go to. Also if anyone from the area remembers Ridgeview Cinema in North Ridgeville and have pics or ads from when it was in use let me know on the entry I made for it.
Jeff
I saw “Star Wars” there when it premiered in ‘77; my friends and I couldn’t get tickets to the Pink Floyd concert, so we decided to see this movie I’d read about in “Starlog”.
I’m sorry to hear that it’s closed.
Here is a 1983 photo:
http://tinyurl.com/djyf67
The Avon Lake Theatre opened on Thursday, April 21, 1949, according to an article in the April 30 issue of Boxoffice. The 1,200 seat house was designed by Cleveland architect W.S. Ferguson. It was originally operated by Meyer Fine’s Associated Theatres circuit.
A two-page article with photos of the Avon Lake ran in Boxoffice of September 3, 1949.
4 screens on January 12th, 1979
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Avon Lake 4 grand opening ad from December 22nd, 1978 is now in the photo section
There are plans to turn this theatre into a railroad museum. Story here: https://patch.com/ohio/avon-oh/avon-lake-businessman-wants-to-bring-train-museum-to-9fe3372829
List of Owners:
1950-1969 Associated Theatres
1969-1980 National Drive-In Theatres
1985-1990 Armstrong Circuit
The theater closed in 1990.