Multiplexes / Wyoming
Jack Loeks' Studio 28
Closed – archive entry · 1965–2008
West Michigan's first multiplex, in Wyoming: it opened in 1965 as a single screen beside the Beltline Drive-In and in 1988 reopened as the world's first 20-screen megaplex, with 6,145 seats.
Quick facts
- Opened
- 1965
- Closed
- 2008
- Seats
- 6145
02 / The story of this place
Make time for these
Studio 28 grew out of Jack Loeks' 850-car Beltline Drive-In of 1948: a 1,000-seat single-screen indoor theater opened beside it on Christmas Day 1965. It expanded to six screens in 1976 and to twelve in 1984, when Celebration Cinema's history calls it the largest theater in the world. On May 20, 1988, it reopened as the world's first 20-screen megaplex, with 6,145 seats. It was West Michigan's first multiplex and was famous locally for its booming NO TALKING policy trailers. Falling attendance led Loeks Theatres to close it on November 27, 2008, and the building was demolished in March 2014.
- World's first 20-screen megaplex, 1988
- 6,145 seats under one roof
- Famous booming NO TALKING trailers
Plan your visit
Studio 28 closed in 2008 and was torn down in 2014, so there's nothing left on 28th Street. For a movie night, pick one of the open cinemas in our guide.
Cinemas nearby
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Drive-ins / Coldwater
Capri Drive-In
A drive-in on US-12, the old Detroit-Chicago road, just west of downtown Coldwater, run by the same family since 1964. Two screens, double features Thursday to Sunday, sound through your car radio.
IMAX & giant screens / Grand Rapids
Celebration Cinema GR North & IMAX
Celebration Cinema's flagship on Grand Rapids' northeast side: 18 screens plus an IMAX that still runs real 70mm IMAX film, one of only about 40 such venues in the world, according to the company.
Historic movie palaces / Ionia
Ionia Theatre
Ionia's Art Deco movie house from around 1931, rescued in 1984 and now run by the city. First-run films on two screens, plus concerts and bluegrass.