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RC Maumee 18
1360 Conant Street,
Maumee,
OH
43537
1360 Conant Street,
Maumee,
OH
43537
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: National Amusements, Rave Motion Picture Theatres
Functions: Church
Previous Names: Cinema de Lux Maumee 18
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News About This Theater
- Jul 1, 2010 — Rave closing Maumee 18 earlier than expected
Built on the site of the Maumee Drive-In. Opened by National Amusements in December 1997, it was taken over by Rave Motion Picture Theatres in December 2009.
It was closed on July 11, 2010.
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Ken Roe
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Typo I ment thru sorry
A local news report about the theater’s closing:
View link and a video report: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od5qsVqTm5E. Status should now be closed.
That was the location for the old Maumee drive-in.
It looks like the theater will be demolished to build a furniture store: View article
Hey….CSWalczak wrong theater. The one they are talking about is in Super Cinema in Holland. It has been empty for several years.
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/24438
Thanks for correction.
December 19th, 1997 grand opening ad uploaded in the photo section.
This place only being open for 13 years seems like a giant waste. Why does our society build such a giant building only to use it for only a short period?
It’s been converted to a Church – here’s a current interior photo: https://www.google.com/maps/preview/uv?hl=en&pb=!1s0x883c775c9ebffb4b:0x2f7136381679cdb8!2m5!2m2!1i80!2i80!3m1!2i100!3m1!7e1!4shttps://plus.google.com/115202883054903662450/photos?hl%3Den%26socfid%3Dweb:lu:kp:placepageimage%26socpid%3D1!5scalvary+church+maumee+–+Google+Search&sa=X&ei=ZZYxU5Qk4qbSAZXTgJAK&ved=0CJ0BEKIqMA0
As a life-long citizen of Maumee, I and others petitioned the city not to allow Redstone to tear down the Maumee Drive-In that formerly occupied this spot. Having been built in 1941, it certainly had attained historical status, but nope: they were all for having Redstone rip it down (these are the same people that won’t let you nail up a board unless you buy a $100 permit). So of course the new cinemas went up, and they were overpriced and underpopulated and they went belly up, with a megachurch scam occupying it now…instead of a restored drive-in that could have proved to be a tourist attraction for the city. Typical for Maumee.