Loews Westerville

rivest266 on November 14, 2021 at 8:28 am

Two screens on October 13th, 1978 and closed on September 5th, 1996 per:

Columbus Dispatch, The (OH) - September 6, 1996

SONY CLOSES WESTERVILLE TWIN THEATER The Westerville Twin theater on Westerville Road ceased operations Thursday. The two-screen theater built by Loews in 1971 was closed by its current owner, Sony, because the theater’s lease was to expire soon.“The lease is up, and the theater was not performing,” said Sony spokesman Marc Pascucci. “It is a victim of the times."The Twin operated for years as a first-run theater, became a second-run bargain house, then went back to first-run status the last few years.Sony,…

tklawson on August 13, 2020 at 9:38 am

The information in this article is incorrect. this theater was NOT DEMOLISHED – Loews Westerville was closed in the late 1990s and converted into MCL cafeteria around 2000, which in turn closed in the mid 2010s. The strip mall this theater is located in was partially demolished and a walmart was built, but neither the portion of the building containing big lots, nor the old theater was demolished – instead the facade was simply altered to match the portion that was newly constructed.

Mark_L on March 2, 2020 at 11:15 am

For the record, Loews Southland was built as a tri-plex.