Maumee Drive-In
1360 N. Conant Street,
Maumee,
OH
43537
1360 N. Conant Street,
Maumee,
OH
43537
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The truth: It was RAVE who closed the theater down. It would NEVER reopen again as a theater! What other use can a cinema multiplex that large become these days? RAVE “leased” new complex at Fallen Timbers in 2007/08.
The new owners – Calvary Church remodeled the facility and now it serves a most worthwhile purpose – educating and inspiring people. Something the cinema complex failed to do – only entertaining people and there’s more than plenty of that to go around “these days”.
By the way, Calvary left the “Cinema’s” signage out front; it still serves as a bit of a historic reminder of the building’s former purpose.
I grew up at this drive-in. In the late sixties and early seventies, it was kept fairly nice, but the owners let it slide by the eighties (really run-down by its closure in ‘86) Housing developments didn’t help (owners were constantly complaining about being able to see the R-rated movies on the main screen that faced their backyards), while the city of Maumee, typically, didn’t do anything to help. Considering the historical nature of the building, they shouldn’t have let National Amusements tear it down, but the city didn’t care (it could have been a double-whammy tourist attraction, with the town’s restored indoor theatre). And now, the site has one of those clip-joint “megachurch” scams occupying it. A shame.
Updated with new overview and pictures.
A now vacant Showcase Cinemas is on the site, see a photo here.
This is in the Toledo, Ohio Merto area?
In 1948 the owner was Alex Wintner.