Great Lakes Stadium 16
7850 Mentor Avenue,
Mentor,
OH
44060
7850 Mentor Avenue,
Mentor,
OH
44060
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Operated by: Atlas Cinemas
Previously operated by: National Theatre Corp., Regal Entertainment Group
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Previous Names: Great Lakes Mall Cinema
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
440.974.2200
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The Great Lakes Mall Cinema opened in 1968 as a single screen. It was twinned on November 7, 1973. Then it was tripled, and by 1978 it was operating with five screens. On October 20, 1989 it had nine screens. The theatre was operated first by National Theatre Corporation. They were acquired by Regal who took over from April 18, 1994 to October 1, 2001 when they closed it due to filing for bankruptcy. It was taken over by and reopened by Atlas Cinemas in 2002, but they closed it in 2004 citing it to be inoperable.
However, it reopened in 2007 by the Atlas Cinemas chain as the Great Lakes Stadium with 16 screens.
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Recent comments (view all 27 comments)
This opened with one screen on March 26th, 1969.
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Dave-Bronx I am going to try to find out the answer to your question.(900 -1000 seats?). I saw “Grease” there the summer it came out. At that time it already was twinned.(1977?)
The theater was around 1000 to 1200 seats when it was open. It was the only theatre in Lake County that had 70mm projection and 6 track stereo sound. The twining of it had its problems. But National theaters did remodeling and it was great to see movies there. Always very clean. And they did a great job when the new rooms where built.
I remember when this was a single screen theatre. When the movie “Airport” first opened it played here for over 3 months. My cousins and I took to calling it the “Airport” Cinema.
It was a large theatre, but the quoted “Parking for 3,000 cars” referred to the entire parking capacity of the lots at the Great Lakes Mall.
I was actually at the Great Lakes Mall a couple of weeks ago for the first time in over 20 years. Things certainly have changed. But everything seemed smaller, less grand and glamorous. I just know that the present theatres can’t hold a candle to the original theatre!
March 26th, 1969 grand opening ad is now in the photo section.
Expansions-splitting * 1973 2 cinemas
1978 5 cinemas
1985 9 cinemas
2004-2007 closed
2007 16 cinemas
Even in the beginning, it was a plain forgettable theater.
Two screens on November 7th, 1973 with a Polaroid SX70 camera given to the closest set of twins to attend. Grand opening ads posted.
5 cinemas in 1978 and 9 screens on October 20th, 1989
List of Owners:
1980-1985 National Drive-In Theatres
1985-1994 Armstrong Circuit
1994-2004 Regal Cinemas
2007 Atlas Cinemas