Nameoki Twin
30 Nameoki Village Circle,
Granite City,
IL
62040
30 Nameoki Village Circle,
Granite City,
IL
62040
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First operated by Mid-America Theaters.
The new building that was constructed upon the demolition of the Nameoki Twin Cinema was an Applebee’s restaurant.
Thanks retromike,I think that is the way it outta be.
Christopher Walczak has his information wrong. The Nameoki Cinema opened as a “Twin Cinema” on Friday July 27th, 1973. The opening program was “Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid” and “Class of ‘44”. When the Cinema opened up there were plans to expand it to four screens the following year but this never happened. The cinema was under the management of the Mid-America Theatres chain. When the theatre closed for the final time it was demolished for the sake of a new shopping strip mall. There is a bar/tavern close by and there is a Rent-to-own business in another building that sat behind the theatre. However for the sake of history let it be known that this building was born a cinema and it died a cinema and never housed anything else.
This may be the same article (the above link no longer works):
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The article is incorrect in stating that the building was demolished; it is still there, across a parking lot from the mentioned supermarket.
This article mentions the Nameoki but also discusses a new theater coming to Granite City:
http://tinyurl.com/c85ygg