Eastland Theatres

Opened by the Suburban Detroit Theatres chain, the 1,200-seat Eastland Theatre opened September 17, 1969 with Patty Duke in “Me, Natalie”. It was originally designed by Ted Rogvoy, the architect who earlier designed such Detroit-area treasures as the now-lost Mercury Theatre in Detroit, the State-Wayne Theatre in Wayne, and the Terrace Theatre in Livonia.

In 1975, it was twinned as the Eastland 1 & 2, with one of the auditoriums screening 70mm features.

In 1985, just as Suburban Detroit Theatres was selling the Eastland 1 & 2 to the AMC chain, it opened five more screens at the Eastland Mall, the Eastland 3-7. AMC remodeled both theater buildings in 1987, which included reducing seating to around 450 in each of the twin’s auditoriums. The Eastland 3-7 was renamed the AMC Eastland Mall 5.

Though both the 1 & 2 and Eastland Mall theaters were part of the AMC chain, the two were effectively two separate theaters, causing a bit of confusion as to which movie was playing at which location.

In 2000, both Eastland theaters were among the many smaller, out-dated Detroit-area houses which AMC shuttered during that year.

The Eastland 2 was later demolished for a Lowes.

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