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=Marquette Theater Today=

All that being said, I'm sorry to say Marquette Theater is currently closed.



The building is still up, but vacant. The story behind its closing is quite ironic. Just as Marquette, back in its day, put other theaters out of business, a new 14 screen, stadium-seating theater was opened by [|Kerasotes Theatres], and it was decided that Marquette would close for business. On Friday, May 12, 2005, the same day ShowPlace 14 opened, Kerasotes gave Marquette Theater back to the officials at Marquette Mall (The theater is in a lot behind the mall.).

While, according to a newspaper article in May of 2005, "Mall officials. . . will make sure the building does not end up vacant, nor will it be demolished," a year and a half later, the building IS STILL NOT IN USE.

I will use this page to give my opinion that is would be WONDERFUL if some business-minded person would buy/lease the theater and use it to show those cultural/artsy types of films. There is a need for this in the area, and being a three screen theater, with a little bit of uniqueness and culture of its own already. . . it would definitely fit.


 * Click here to read about the Prewitt Theater's fight against a modern movie theater.

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