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| opening_date = June 18, 2009
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'''21720 Allen Road''', also known as '''21000 Wildflower Boulevard''', is a
The 21000 Wildflower Boulevard address was only used in early advertisements for Emagine Woodhaven, and its legal address has always been 21720 Allen Road.
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Plans for a ten-screen movie theater were first pitched by [[Emagine Entertainment]] site developer John Goldstein in 2008 to be constructed near the intersection of [[Allen Road (Woodhaven, Michigan)|Allen Road]] and [[Hayden Drive (Woodhaven, Michigan)|Hayden Drive]], but a request to rezone the area from industrial to commercial was rejected by the Woodhaven City Council after complaints from nearby residents that the site was too far off from the city's main commercial district. Emagine Entertainment then settled for a location at the northern edge of the commercial district. The cinema building was given an industrial theme by Goldstein as a result of its location across the [[Canadian National Dearborn Subdivision]] railroad line from the [[Ford Woodhaven Stamping Plant]], with a concrete facade and stone and brick patterns on the front. Due to then-current economic conditions, securing $10 million for the project was difficult until the company got support from [[Citizens Bank (Flint, Michigan)|Citizens Bank]] of [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]].
The ten-screen, 1,600-seat, {{convert|42000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Emagine Woodhaven theater opened at 6 p.m. on June 18, 2009, as Emagine Entertainment's 4th location, with a benefit for [[Oakwood Southshore Medical Center]]’s Karen Colina Wilson Breast Care Center. Following the event, the theater opened to the general public the following day, June 19, with showings of ''{{w|The Proposal (2009 film)|The Proposal}}'', ''{{w|Year One (film)|Year One}}'', ''{{w|The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009 film)|The Taking of Pelham 123}}'', ''{{w|Land of the Lost (film)|Land of the Lost}}'', ''{{w|The Hangover}}'', ''{{w|Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian}}'', ''{{w|Terminator Salvation}}'', ''{{w|Angels & Demons (film)|Angels & Demons}}'', ''{{w|Star Trek (film)|Star Trek}}'', and ''{{w|X-Men Origins: Wolverine}}''.<ref>Chilargi, Francesca. [https://www.thenewsherald.com/news/woodhaven-10-screen-movie-theater-set-to-open-next-month/article_17bd426b-f25d-55e9-8c58-ce51b451863b.html "WOODHAVEN: 10-screen movie theater set to open next month"], [[The News Herald (Southgate, Michigan)|The News-Herald]], May 16, 2009.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/363418734/ Movie Guide], [[Detroit Free Press]], June 19, 2009, page 42.</ref><ref>[http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/41644/photos/324488 Grand opening ad], [[Detroit Free Press]], June 19, 2009.</ref>
Emagine Woodhaven closed at 4:15 p.m. on April 9, 2017, with a final 3:40 p.m. showing of ''{{w|The Boss Baby}}'', and its control was then transferred to [[AMC Theatres]], marking the chain's second reentry into the Downriver area. The theater reopened on April 14 as AMC Woodhaven Village 10.<ref>Herndon, Dave. [https://www.thenewsherald.com/news/amc-theaters-taking-over-woodhaven-emagine/article_ce6ae245-b168-520d-b96f-148fe131c6fa.html "AMC Theaters taking over Woodhaven Emagine"], [[The News Herald (Southgate, Michigan)|The News-Herald]], April 7, 2017.</ref> Soon afterward, AMC Theatres undertook a major renovation of the cinema, including new recliners, new new sight and sound equipment, and a MacGuffins bar. The renovation was completed by December 2017.<ref>Harrison-Martin, Jackie. [https://www.thenewsherald.com/news/multi-million-dollar-renovations-now-complete-at-amc-woodhaven-village-10/article_b0c4a918-6422-5dcb-87a9-56749292d69b.html "Multi-million dollar renovations now complete at AMC Woodhaven Village 10"], [[The News Herald (Southgate, Michigan)|The News-Herald]], December 7, 2017.</ref> The renovation, however, did not prevent the theater from being unprofitable for AMC Theatres, and AMC Woodhaven Village 10, which had already been temporarily closed at the time due to the {{w|COVID-19 pandemic}}, officially closed on September 27, 2020, though the announcement was only confirmed days later by AMC Theatres public relations manager Ryan Noonan.<ref>Harrison-Martin, Jackie. [https://www.thenewsherald.com/news/woodhaven-amc-village-10-doesn-t-make-final-cut-shuts-down-for-good-with-no/article_78b70272-0776-11eb-970c-e7d04109c5b9.html "Woodhaven AMC Village 10 doesn’t make final cut; shuts down for good with no explanation"], [[The News Herald (Southgate, Michigan)|The News-Herald]], October 5, 2020.</ref>
On March 11, 2021, Emagine Entertainment repurchased the vacant theater, and plans to reopen it later that spring under its original Emagine Woodhaven name.<ref>Haddad, Ken. [https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2021/03/11/former-amc-woodhaven-10-will-reopen-as-emagine-theatre-this-spring/ "Former AMC Woodhaven 10 will reopen as Emagine Theatre this spring"], [[WDIV-TV]], March 11, 2021.</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.emagine-entertainment.com/emagine-woodhaven/ Emagine Woodhaven] official webpage
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[[Category:Cinemas in Woodhaven, Michigan]]
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