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Super Cinemas

Name: Super Cinemas Street:

City: East Lansing State: MI Zip: Unknown Phone:

County: Ingham

Operator: National Amusements / Redstone

Open: 1992

Closed: 2000

Capacity:

Status: Closed

Web Address: N/A

Number of visits to this page since February 23, 2007: 3559

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Entry Date: 5/17/2010 - Unknown: Auditorium Seat Count (circa 2006): 1-213, 2-213, 3-263, 4-219, 5-186, 6-184, 7-219, 8-278, 9-169, 10-202, 11-213, 12-213

Entry Date: 11/13/2008 - Kathryn: They''ve torn down the Super Cinemas in East Lansing and are now working to clear all of the rubble. I''m not sure what they''re planning to put there...probably another mixed-use development. We''ll see!

Entry Date: 10/21/2003 - Clint: Curtain falls on local theaters

By ERIC LACY
The State News

Actor Samuel L. Jackson is known for his portrayal of witty and aggressive characters, but his summer movies �Rules of Engagement� and �Shaft� could be somewhat dramatic and sentimental for local die-hard movie buffs this Sunday.

The day marks the closing of two theaters in Meridian Township: AMC West in the Meridian Mall, 1982 W. Grand River Ave. and the Super Cinema Multiplex, 6365 Newton Road, off Old M-78.

AMC West will feature Jackson�s �Shaft� for its final showing, while the Super Cinema Multiplex will show �Rules of Engagement.�

Rick King, spokesman for AMC Theatres, said the AMC West was known as a pioneer when it was built with the Meridian Mall in 1969. AMC Outer Six near the Meridian Mall is still open.

�The theater was one of the first four-screen multiplexes in the country,� King said. �It was considered to be a big complex then, but now it�s considered rather small.�

AMC Theatres operates more than 214 theaters with 2,906 screens in 23 states, the District of Columbia, China, Japan, France, Portugal, Spain and Canada.

King said AMC West�s popularity didn�t occur overnight.

�When the theater first opened, it was thought of as a novelty,� he said.

Closing old theaters is becoming more common, King said.

�The theater is closing because it�s an older theater and the lease is expired. This is not an unusual thing around the country for those type of theaters,� he said.

Larry Parsons, Meridian Mall general manager, said having theaters in shopping malls is important.

�We always value theaters as part of our shopping mall,� he said. �We like to combine the entertainment element with retail. Now we are working on securing a new modern state-of-the-art theater.�

The vacant theater will become retail space.

The Super Cinema Multiplex, which is known for its competitive movie price - $2.75 - for second-run films, is owned by National Amusements Inc. The company owns and operates 1,348 motion picture screens in the United States, the United Kingdom and Latin America.

�The theater had to be closed due to economic reasons,� spokeswoman Dana Wilson said.

Customers� interest in second-run movies is still present - new theaters could come to mid-Michigan, she said.

�A lot of people like second-run theaters and I think that the market for them is there,� she said. �We are always looking to building new theaters and create new opportunities in Michigan.�

There are many reasons why both theaters closed, said Tom Leach, owner of Video-to-Go, 300 N. Clippert St.

�Celebration Cinema (200 E. Edgewood Blvd. in Lansing) and AMC were holding onto the films longer - with more screens, they could run a film that was less popular in a smaller theater,� he said. �MSU�s Campus Center (theater) was showing the same second-run films and there are also earlier video releases of many movies.�

MSU film Professor Erik Lunde said the loss of one-third of the area�s theaters is �not a disaster� because of the rise of video rental stores. �In some ways it may be helpful to the video business,� Lunde said.

Lunde said East Lansing should acquire a theater �so students can just walk to the theater.� He said students had problems finding transportation to the Super Cinema.

Botany senior Amanda Borel said she was disappointed to hear the Super Cinema was closing.

�That is the only one we go to - that�s very uncool it�s closing,� she said.

Okemos resident Kevin Cox said he will miss the AMC theater.

�I didn�t get to that one that much, but it was nice �cause it was there,� he said.

Entry Date: 1/6/2003 - WaterWinterWonderland: Slated for demolition - land has been sold for subdivision.
Adjacent to M-78 Drive-In.