Post mortem for the detroit united artists

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Nice posts in this thread. Thank you to all the theater preservationists for their posts and work on theaters!

As Richard noted, there has been a lot of competition in movie screening markets. Before online viewing really took hold, one result of that is that in addition to theaters remaining standing because property values in Detroit were low, Detroit was also the place where many 'low life' movies ranging from R to XXX were screened, the NOT Walt Disney movies, meaning the theaters remained as businesses in use, rather than standing vacant.

There was some market for these, both within Detroit and in the suburbs. In Royal Oak the theater most likely to screen them was the dearly departed Main Theater. Since there were two other theaters in downtown Royal Oak also struggling to get by during the heyday of the mall multiplexes, the less family friendly nature of the Main Theater movies contributed to a smaller supporter base over the long term. This as well as escalating property values in Royal Oak are factors in its recent demise.

Maybe the time to have been concerned about the Main was when it was showing the XX movies but that was a tough ask at that time.