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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Michigan » Westland » Algiers Drive-In Theatre

Algiers Drive-In Theatre

Westland, MI
N. Wayne Road
, Westland, MI 48185 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Twin
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: Unknown
Chain: Unknown
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Opened by Wayne Amusement's on August 15, 1956, with the John Wayne western "The Searchers", playing on its 120-foot wide screen.

It soon later became a part of the Quo Vadis, a movie theater nearby, where restaurant-goers could watch films while dining.

It was closed and demolished in 1985 to make way for a shopping center.
Contributed by Sean Doerr

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I am sure it was not just 1 screen.
posted by SNWEB.ORG on Dec 13, 2003 at 11:34am
It could have 1500 cars and 2 screens,
1956 - opened
1985 - closed
1985 - torn down
Pictures:
http://www.drive-ins.com/pictures/mialgi1.jpg
http://www.drive-ins.com/pictures/mialgi2.jpg
posted by SNWEB.ORG on Dec 13, 2003 at 11:52am
This was a two screen 1200 car ozoner.
posted by Chuck1231 on Oct 10, 2004 at 10:14pm
The Algiers Drive In was not the first drive in built by the Wayne Amusement Company. That honor goes to the Wayne Drive In, which opened in 1949. Also, the screen wasn't 216'; it was 120' wide and from the ground to the top of the screen tower it was 80' high with the actual screen height of 60'. Lastly, the Quo Vadis was developed mostly on the land that the exit driveway for the drive occupied. A few spaces were lost on the western ends of the ramps for the theater also, but the drive in added 7 ramps in the back of the field to make up for the loss.
posted by Fredrick on Nov 27, 2004 at 9:20pm
This theater was a single screen theater until 1982 when a second screen was added. There were plans to add a third screen that were never followed up on. The drive in was successful until the it closed in 1985. However as was the case with most drive ins the Algiers was originally built out in the country and the suburbs gradually expanded around it. As the area built up, property taxes also increased until the taxes on the 20+ acres that the drive in occupied were more than the net income the theater generated.
posted by Fredrick on Apr 1, 2005 at 8:04pm
Many photos here:
http://tinyurl.com/6h9x62
posted by ken mc on May 9, 2008 at 6:41pm
1984 Photo

posted by Lost Memory on May 16, 2009 at 2:58pm
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