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Fort George Drive-In Theatre - Southgate MI

Address: 16300 Fort Street

City: Southgate

State: MI

Zip: 48195

County: Wayne

Open: 1950 (5-4-50) AD

Closed: 1990

Capacity: 94

Owner History: Nicholas George

Number of visits to this page: 26574

General Information:

From Cinema Treasures

Located in Southgate to the southwest of Detroit, near Wyandotte. The Fort Drive-In opened on May 4, 1950 with the 3 Marx Brothers in “Love Happy”. It was run by Nicholas George and Cooperative Ct., as was just about every theatre in the area “downriver” from Detroit it seems. The Fort George Drive-In had an initial capacity of 1,200 cars; after a renovation in 1977, it had a capacity of 1,300 cars. When the screen was damaged by high winds in 1990, it was torn down in 1991.

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Info Updates:

7/9/2006 - MichiganDriveIns.com

In March of 1991, the Fort George Drive In suffered damage to the front of its screen due to strong windstorm. Prior to this, Meijer had been planning to build a store across from the Fort George on the former EJ Korvettes shopping center. Instead the city of Southgate encouraged Meijer to build its store on The Fort George Drive In and the Southgate Theatre next door. (Butch Hoek 7/8/06)

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