Merrillville 10
2360 E. 79th Avenue,
Merrillville,
IN
46410
2360 E. 79th Avenue,
Merrillville,
IN
46410
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This opened on November 22nd, 1991 with no grand opening ad in the newspaper except for regular listings.
The Merrillville 10 was demolished in 2014.
I just noticed there’s a large space where the Merrillville 10 movie theater used to be. Could you please tell me when that theater got demolished?
The final operator of the Merrillville 10 was AMC and the theatre closed on November 12, 2010. The site has been converted to retail.
What happened to the Merrillville 10 movie theater in Merrillville, Indiana? I couldn’t find it on every movie theater website.
Exactly when, in the 1990s, was the Merrillville 10 theater built? Please check your calendar and then give me your answer as soon as possible. OK? I am very curious about when this theater was first built.
Loews opened the Merrillville 10 in the summer of 1992. It became the first theatre in the area to give direct competition to General Cinema’s (now AMC) Southlake Cinema located directly across US 30. At first the theatre was nice and clean but as with what seems to be the case with Loews theatres the theatre became rundown within a few years and Loews appeared to stop caring about putting any money into the place. One Saturday visit I had a few years back was one of the worst theatre visits I ever had. For some reason only one concession person was on duty that afternoon so the wait to get popcorn was ridiculously long. I finally gave up after 20 minutes as my movie was starting. A short while later I went out again and the line was no shorter. Also, the crowd was loud and belligerent and never once did an usher make an appearance in the auditorium even after complaints. The marquee, which sits on US 30 for thousands to see on a daily basis, either always has letters missing from the titles or are mis-spelled. Just a month or so back Kerasotes bought it from Loews so perhaps they will clean the place up and make it suitable for attendance again.