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| demolition_date = 1993
| owner = [[Nicholas George Theatres]] (1969–1986)<br>[[AMC Theatres]] (1986–1992)
| developer = Louis Wiltse
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[[Nicholas George Theatres]], which was already operating the neighboring [[16300 Fort Street (Southgate, Michigan)#Fort Drive-In Theatre (1950–1990)|Fort George Drive-In Theatre]], purchased the site of what would become the Southgate Theatre in 1968. The Southgate Theatre opened on the evening of October 8, 1969, becoming the first indoor movie theater in the city of Southgate, with the recently-opened Western film ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Cassidy_and_the_Sundance_Kid Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]''.<ref name=cinematreasures>[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/9970 Southgate 4], Cinema Treasures.</ref>
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Following the construction of two new theaters, the theater reopened for business on December 20, 1974. Southgate 1 reopened with the recently-opened action thriller film ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_(1974_film) Earthquake]'', while Southgate 2 opened five days later on Christmas Day with the new buddy comedy film ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freebie_and_the_Bean Freebie and the Bean]'', and Southgate 3 opened with the recently-released disaster film ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_1975 Airport 1975]''.<ref name=cinematreasures/>
At an unknown date, the original 1969 auditorium was split into two. In 1986, Nicholas George Theatres was sold to [[AMC Theatres]], allowing AMC to expand into the Detroit area.<ref>[https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20150628/NEWS/306289975/metro-detroits-movie-theater-business-model-changes-focus-then "Metro Detroit's movie theater business model changes focus, then changes again"], [[Crain's Detroit Business]], June 28, 2015.</ref>
[[File:AMC Southgate 4 Theatres post-closure.jpg|thumb|right|AMC Southgate 4 Theatres in 1992, shortly after its permanent closure.]]
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