Maple Theater
4135 W. Maple Road,
Bloomfield Hills,
MI
48301
4135 W. Maple Road,
Bloomfield Hills,
MI
48301
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The Maple Theater abruptly closed yesterday, 2/5/24.
This theatre was known as the AMC Maple 3 through the 80’s and 90’s. On April 24, 1998, it became known as the Maple Art Theatre after Landmark Theatres took over AMC’s lease. AMC was looking to rid themselves of smaller venues nationwide and move to and build bigger venues with more screens.
This is a great 3-screen theater tucked behind strip mall development. It specialized in art, foreign, and independent films for nearly two decades before being switching to “upscale” cinema (critically acclaimed mainstream hits with independent films).
It has been tastefully renovated multiple times in the past several years to include a small cafe, a coffee shop with a fireplace and now a grab-n-go fast casual food set up.
March 23rd, 1977 grand opening ad in photo section.
Here is another article about the renovated theater’s reopening.
According to a an article that appeared in the October 14, 2012 edition of Crain’s Detroit Business, a $1.5 million dollar makeover should be complete by November 1, 2012 (subscription required to view article).
In addition to new screens and seating, the revamped cinema will now feature a coffee bar and alcoholic beverage service. A set of (mostly) renovation-related photos can be seen here.
The theater will no longer operated by Landmark; it has a new website (see above) and the company that owns it is known as Cloud Nine Theater Partners LLC.
The theater’s official official website is now: http://themapletheater.com/
An article about the coming changes to the Maple Art Theater: View link
This now known simply as the Maple Theater; its official website is now: http://www.themapletheater.com/index.php
As of June 6, 2012, only two screens appear to be in operation based on the listings on the theater’s website.
Landmark’s lease on this theater will end at the end of January, 2012; a new operator is taking over and will shut down the theater in April to install digital projection, new seating, and new screens.
http://www.freep.com/article/20120119/ENT01/120119051/Maple-Art-Theatre?odyssey=nav|head
Photo from 2010 of the Maple Arts Theatre. The complex was in quite good condition on my visit and still retained much of its original 70’s décor.
A picture can be seen here:
View link
I was there recently; I had not seen a film there since the theater’s AMC days. The screening rooms are getting rather shabby. With persistent reports that Landmark’s other Detroit-area operation, the Main in Royal Oak, will eventually close, and the apparent physical neglect of this house, one has to wonder what Landmark’s long-range plans are for the Detroit market.