Jack Loeks' Studio 28
1350 28th Street SW,
Wyoming,
MI
49509
1350 28th Street SW,
Wyoming,
MI
49509
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1976 ad:
Studio 28 expansion to 6 screens 13 Feb 1976, Fri The Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, Michigan) Newspapers.com
closed on November 24th, 2008 with a bang.
Opened as the world’s first free-standing 12-plex cinema in the World on March 2nd, 1984. (Cineplex 12 and Eaton Centre 17 in Toronto were in shopping centres.)
Opened as the world’s largest cinema complex with 6,145 seats spanning 20 screens on May 20th, 1988. Grand opening ads, articles as well as a plan of the cinema posted.
Six screens on February 13th, 1976. Ad posted.
Little Studio opened on August 30th, 1967 in an unused retail space.
Also uploaded some aerials for the cinema as well as a plan showing the four expansion phases.
Grand opening ad posted.
The location of this theater is currently in the city of Wyoming, not Grand Rapids. Granted, Wyoming didn’t become a city until 1959, but this theater was never inside the GR city limits.
It’s being demolished today.
http://www.mlive.com/business/west-michigan/index.ssf/2014/03/studio_28_once_worlds_largest.html
This is another cinema called Studio 28 in Paris, France. http://www.cinemastudio28.com/horaire.asp no connection with the theatre in Grand Rapids.
Did they strip and demolish this theater? did someone open across the street that was all stadium?
Nice way to go out on Marquee,so many theatres never have the chance.
PS I do miss theatre #1, the HUGE curved screen and THX…
Has anything been done at the building, I am not in GR, not easy to do a drive by… thanks,,,,,
There is another marquee photo on this site. Status should be changed to closed.
http://tinyurl.com/y8j3cfg
Hard to believe, but it’s now been exactly one year since the closing.
I really miss this place – saw a lot of movies here in my two years in Grand Rapids, and I remember how packed it could get in Theater #1 on opening night. One of the best cinemas ever – I’m sorry it couldn’t last.
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this will take you to a file on the Studio 28, I will be taking more photos tonight, the last night, and posting more.
http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=4197
A number of pics at Cinematour.
I wonder why it’s closing?
Nov. 23, 2008 will be the last day of operation of this theatre.
Cheers to the Studio 28, you will be missed, especially theatre #1.
I am going this next week, Ill get some photos and post them.
Jack Loeks was the father of Jim Loeks, who along with his wife, Barrie Lawson-Loeks started Star Theatres (Loeks-Star). They were not involved at all in Jack Loeks cinemas (family falling-out). Jim and Barrie sold a 50% interest to Sony in the 90’s who then recruited them to run their Loews chain after chairman A. Alan Friedberg retired. Most of the theatres built by Loews during their tenure featured the “Star” design.
My theater of choice when I lived in West Michigan – it still looked good the last time I visited. The large glassed-in lobby remains one of my favorite features, plus the fact that they served cake and other bakery goods during morning shows on the weekends.
when enlarged to 20 screens in 1988, this was the biggest cinema in the world.
a Kinepolis in Madrid with 9000 seats now holds the record.