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At the beginning of the 1984 season, the theater was sold by Nicholas George Theatres to an unknown owner and reverted to it's original Fort Drive-In Theatre name, though it was still advertised as the Fort George Drive-In Theatre.
The Fort Drive-In Theatre ended the 1990 season without fanfare on September 3, with showings of ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_Up_the_Volume_(film) Pump Up the Volume]'' and ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_SEALs_(film) Navy SEALs]''.<ref>[https://freep.newspapers.com/image/100016268/ Movie Guide], [[Detroit Free Press]], September 3, 1990, page 26.</ref> The theater had planned
===Meijer #123 (1990–present)===
Around 1990, [[Walker, Michigan|Walker]]-based supercenter chain [[Meijer]] began considering opening a store in Southgate, and was planning to erect the store on the site of the then-abandoned [[E.J. Korvette]] shopping center across the street. Following the Fort Drive-In Theatre's screen damage mentioned above, the city of Southgate persuaded Meijer to build a store on the site of the drive-in and AMC Southgate 4 theaters. However, this plan was initially met with heavy backlash from residents, some of whom even used profanity against City Council members.<ref>[https://freep.newspapers.com/image/100403304/ City Council asks Southgate to watch its mouth], [[Detroit Free Press]], September 19, 1991, page 21.</ref>
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