Southwyck Cinemas
2040 S. Reynolds Road,
Toledo,
OH
43614
2040 S. Reynolds Road,
Toledo,
OH
43614
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The first ever seven-screener in all of Ohio was the Southwyck 7 Theatres, although it was not the first ever in the United States. This statewide record-breaking house opened its doors on August 5, 1972 by AMC, and an eighth screen was added nearly four years later in April 1976. AMC would then open three more screens with a separate exterior entrance on October 4, 1985.
The main eight screens closed on September 22, 1996, while the remaining three screens closed on June 12, 2001.
The Toledo Blade was so anxious for the Southwyck Art Cinemas to succeed that it published this editorial urging public support for the house in its issue of May 15, 1998. The editorial said that the Art Cinemas had opened “…about four months ago,” so the house began operating with the art film policy around the beginning of 1998.
I do not know if it was the first seven-plex in the world, but it appears to have definitely been the first for AMC. The three exterior theaters also appear to have been at least briefly known as the Southwyck Art Cinemas.
THE THREE SCREEN ADDITION OUTSIDE THE MALL WAS
AKA:
SOUTHWYCK 9-10-11
SOUTHWYCK 3
Was this the first 7-plex in the world?
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