Theatre opened December 7, 1984 with a total of 2468 seats. The breakdown was two of 200 seats; two of 240 seats; and the remainder seating 288, 310, 450 and 540 respectively.
The proper spelling of the venue includes an apostrophe…it should be Ronnie’s. Fred Wehrenberg named the drive-in after his grandson, Ronald Krueger.
Opened: July 15, 1948.
Last night of operation: September 12, 1982.
Screen tower pulled down August 2nd, 1983 with a shopping center soon to be built on the land. By this time, Ronnie had grown up and was president of Wehrenberg Theatres. He said at the occasion: “My first job working in the theatre business was here at Ronnie’s, running the minature train.”
When the drive in opened in 1949 it was operated by the Pines Co. Within months, Jablonow-Komm took a 10-year lease of the facility. In 1960, Mid-America (the renamed Jablonow-Komm) bought the venue and renamed it the Falcon, adding to its car-model drive-in names, others being Thunderbird, Capri and Bel-Air.
The retrofitting of the two-screener into four took place in April 1982.
To be more specific: You will find me downtown at the main library going through microfilmed newspapers on numerous occasions.
Theatre opened December 7, 1984 with a total of 2468 seats. The breakdown was two of 200 seats; two of 240 seats; and the remainder seating 288, 310, 450 and 540 respectively.
Chris: The answer is simple…research.
The mall seems to be dying…one cannot help but wonder about the theatre.
Verifiable information: venue closed November 1983.
Became a four-screen venue in October 1983.
Wehrenberg took over the Olympic,renamed it the Rock Road and reopened in May 1977. Final night of operation was is November 1980.
Capacity of 700 cars.
The proper spelling of the venue includes an apostrophe…it should be Ronnie’s. Fred Wehrenberg named the drive-in after his grandson, Ronald Krueger.
Opened: July 15, 1948.
Last night of operation: September 12, 1982.
Screen tower pulled down August 2nd, 1983 with a shopping center soon to be built on the land. By this time, Ronnie had grown up and was president of Wehrenberg Theatres. He said at the occasion: “My first job working in the theatre business was here at Ronnie’s, running the minature train.”
Theatre reopened in February 1982 as a dollar house under independent management. A short career, however, with theatre closing that September.
Theatre first appeared in City Directory of 1912.
Theatre closed in June 1957.
Venue closed in December 1980. One of the screens was showing “Fade to Black,” which seems appropriate.
Theatre appeared as early as 1915 in the City Directory. Closed as a movie house in April 1953.
The expansion to 8 screens took place in December 1982. These “mini"s seated 200 each, compared to about 350 in each of the original six.
Theatre operated by John Karzin from 1907 to 1927 with 318 seats.
Theatre located at 1317 W. Main. An empty lot occupies the site today.
The theatre appeared as early as 1911 in the City Directory. It was located at the northwest corner and the box-office and entrance was at the corner.
Theatre closed in May 1954.
The church is on the site of the airdome…not the theatre.
In the paper today: the Shady Oak is being demolished for, you guessed it, a parking lot.
The story can be gotten at: View link
It has been over one year, so I repeat. The address of the Illinois Theatre, the renamed Washington, was 214 W. Main Street.
Verifiable historical facts: The original six-plex opened in March 1978. Published capacity of each was 360…making a total of 2160.
Two auditoria were added in April 1982 making it an eight-plex. Capacity of these additions was 185 each…now making a total of 2530.
All of this before the opening date in the description section!
The aforementioned ‘skydome’ was originally known as the Crystal Airdome; in 1921 renamed the Pageant Skydome.
Theatre wasn’t built by Fanchon (not Franchon) & Marco; they didn’t arrive in St. Louis until 1933.
To offer verifiable information:
Theatre opened in December 1915; theatre closed in June 1952.
Capacity listed as 935 seats.
The correct address: 1227 Hadley Street.
When the drive in opened in 1949 it was operated by the Pines Co. Within months, Jablonow-Komm took a 10-year lease of the facility. In 1960, Mid-America (the renamed Jablonow-Komm) bought the venue and renamed it the Falcon, adding to its car-model drive-in names, others being Thunderbird, Capri and Bel-Air.
Theatre opened in 1916 as the Pestalozzi Theatre with 577 seats. It was renamed the Princess in 1930. Theatre closed in 1951.
The drive-in opened in July 1951 as the St. Charles Drive-In.
Renamed the Plaza Drive-In in 1959 when Mid-America took over operation.