What's the latest theatre to close or open you have heard about?

[Jim Cassedy]

Quoting Scotty Wright- "All Five Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Locations In Dallas-Fort Worth Close "
--> Alamo also announced today their Woodbury MN location would be closing also.

Probably not related but it was exactly a year ago this week Alamo fired most of the projection staff members at many of
their locations, especially if they were in the union (IATSE) or seeking to unionize. I know know what you're thinking--
-- that this sort of thing is illegal- - - but there are all sorts of sneaky legal loopholes corporations use all the time to get
around this. I've worked for several large corporations in my so called career, and have seen this many times. It's my
understanding that complaints were filed with the NLRB, but those can take years to wind their way through the courts,
and in the meantime those affected wind up laid off in unemployment limbo, like several people I know who got canned.

[Scott Jentsch]

Openings:

• The Greenport Theatre in Greenport, New York reopened as the North Fork Arts Center - Sapan Greenport Theatre on May 24
• The Eton Square 6 Cinemas in Tulsa, Oklahoma reopened May 24
• The Downer Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has reopened under new management after Landmark Theatres closed it in September
• The Phoenix Theatres - Great Northern Mall in North Olmsted, Ohio will be opening June 13 (closed as the Regal Great Northern Mall & RPX in Jan 2023)
• The Premiere Cinemas - Texas City PREMIERE LUX Cine 12 in Texas City, Texas is now open

Closings:

• The Kearney Cinema 8 in Kearney, Nebraska closed May 16
• The Marcus College Square Cinema in Cedar Falls, Iowa closed May 23
• The Regal Cinebarre Boulder in Louisville, Colorado closed May 23 and is being turned into housing for CU Boulder
• The Towne Square Cinema in Winchester, Indiana closed June 1
• The AMC Classic Fashion Square 10 in Saginaw, Michigan has closed
• The Metropolitan Redstone 8 Cinemas in Park City, Utah has closed, but is being taken over by Larry H. Miller Megaplex Theatres, which plans to upgrade the the theater and reopen by the holidays

[Scotty Wright]

[Scotty Wright]

[Henry Atkinson]

West Boylston Cinema in MA is closing:
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[Scott Jentsch]

Some recent openings:

• The Strand Theatre in Tiptonville, Tennessee opened today, May 17
• The Apple Cinemas - White Plains City Center IMAX in White Plains, New York opened May 16
• The District Cinema at Lycoming Valley opened May 10
• The VIP Rialto Cinemas in Macomb, Illinois reopened after having been closed since January
• The Star Cinema Grill - CityCentre in Houston, Texas opened April 25
• The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Naples opened April 29
• The Apple Cinemas - Brass Mill opened April 26
• The Scene One Spectrum 8 Theatres in Albany, New York opened in April
• The Atlas Cinemas Barrington 10 in Aurora, Ohio opened in April
• The NCG - Citrus Park opened in March
• The Silver Star Cinemas in Warren, Pennsylvania opened in March

More articles at: Theater Openings & Improvements

Recent closings:

• The Paragould Cinema in Paragould, Arkansas closed yesterday, May 16
• The All Saints Cinema in Tallahassee, Florida closed after a tornado ripped off its roof on May 10
• The Chunky's Pelham Cinema & Pub in Pelham, New Hampshire and Chunky's Nashua Cinema & Pub in Nashua, New Hampshire closed in May.
• The Sunset Drive-in in Hartford, Michigan will not reopen for the 2024 season.
• The 5 Mile Drive-In in Dowagiac, Michigan will not reopen for the 2024 season.
• The Greater Huntington Park Place Stadium Cinemas in Charleston, West Virginia closed May 6
• The AMC Classic Churchville 7 in Bel Air, Maryland closed in April, but it is coming soon as a Flagship Cinemas location.
• The North Shore Tower Cinemas in Floral Park, New York closed May 1.
• The Point Drive-In in Northumberland, Pennsylvania will not be reopening for the 2024 season.
• The AMC Classic Fort Smith 14 in Fort Smith, Arkansas closed in April.
• The AMC Classic Allentown 16 in Allentown, Pennsylvania closed in April.
• The Apple Cinemas - Waterbury 10 in Waterbury, Connecticut closed in April.

More closings at: Theater Closings

Tracking the closings is depressing work. Even though I listed above the openings since March, I stopped at just the April and May closings. It's difficult to read the messages from people bemoaning the closing of a favorite theater, and there are trends on the reasons given by the owners. I'd go back into our records to see how many less theaters we have than we did just two years ago, but that would be disheartening. We've lost more than we've gained, to be sure.

[Jill Mobley]

Paragould Cinema 8
Paragould, AR

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[Allan Barnes]

Galaxy Cinemas Brockville, (Ontario-Canada) located at the Thousand Islands Mall, will close its doors on July 7 - 2024, Cineplex Inc. confirmed. The six-screen theatre opened in July 2006 after years of anticipation. Its grand opening on July 28, 2006 ended a four-year wait for a first-run movie theatre in the city, which had been without a theatre since the Parkedale Cinemas closed in January 2002.

1,093-seats / 6 screen

Once the theatre closes, the nearest will be in Kingston or Ottawa. (not correct there is a single cinema & drive-in@ 1000 ISLANDS)

[Marcel Birgelen]

The following picture courtesy of whoever put it on Google Reviews:

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That's quite a wall-of-popcorn they had going there...

[Dennis Benjamin]

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/new...s/73545312007/

Pierce Point Cinema 10 is third Greater Cincinnati movie theater to close in last 5 months
Aaron Valdez
Cincinnati Enquirer


Pierce Point Cinema 10 in Clermont County announced on its social media that it has closed permanently as of Tuesday, April 30, 2024.
Yet another movie theater in Greater Cincinnati has screened its last film.

Pierce Point Cinema 10, located off Ohio 125 in Clermont County's Pierce Township, announced on its social media that it closed permanently as of Tuesday.


"This decision wasn't easy, but, unfortunately, declining business and the high cost of necessary upgrades have made it unavoidable," the theater said in the social media post. "We want to express our deepest gratitude to each and every one of you who has supported us throughout the years. Your passion for the movies has been truly inspiring, and we are incredibly thankful for the memories we've created together."

The movie theater had been in business since August 2008. It was being leased by Greater Huntington Theatre Corporation, which also leases and partly owns three other theaters in West Virginia that are still in operation, according to Derek Hyman, the corporation's president.


This is the third Cincinnati-area movie theater to shut down within the last five months − the other two being Cinema 10 Middletown and the Xscape theater at the Northgate Mall in Colerain Township.

Pierce Point Cinema 10 also said in the post that it hopes a new operator will step in to reopen the theater.


"We believe in the power of community and the magic of the movies, and we hope to see the lights of Pierce Point Cinema shine once again," the theater said.

For now, the next closest movie theaters in the area are AMC Dine-In Anderson Towne Center 9 in Anderson Township, Starlite Drive-In Theatre in Amelia and RJ Cinema Distillery & Taproom at Eastgate.

[Martin Brooks]

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College Point Multiplex, Whitestone, NY.

Not just the College Point. They closed the Linden Blvd Multiplex in January, they're closing the Jamaica 15 today (April 30th) and the Concourse Plaza 10 in the Bronx is closing May 28th, leaving the Bronx, a borough of 1.2 million people, with just one movie theater with 10 screens (1132 seats). The Bronx has been under screened for years. That's the end of National Amusements in NYC.
Shari Redstone obviously doesn't want to be in the theatrical business anymore and she's also trying to sell or joint venture all of Paramount (which includes the former Viacom and CBS). They already sold off Simon & Schuster publishing. Paramount has $2 billion in cash, but $16 billion in debt. National Amusements isn't part of Paramount, but the parent company controls both.

After the Bronx theater closes, all of NYC will be left with 48 theaters and 392 screens. We've lost 48% of the theaters since 1999.

[William Kucharski]

AMC Classic Allentown 16 closes this weekend:

https://www.wfmz.com/features/eat-si...1339bb8ab.html

[William Kucharski]

This could be very bad for film fans:

The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Circuit Is Up For Sale

https://deadline.com/2024/03/alamo-d...ale-1235871003

[Ronda Love]

FunTime Cinemas, Inc with locations in Harrisburg, York and Willow Street, PA closed all three locations yesterday. March 4th, 2024. Anyone interested in operating these locations needs to contact me immediately. 30 Years in the business. Sad to say goodbye.
Colonial Park Mall 4, Kendig Square Movies 6, and South York Cinemas (4-plex)

[Leo Enticknap]

Returning to the thread topic, and sadly...

Sole theater in San Bernardino Mountains closes its doors after 25 years

By Madison Hart | mhart@scng.com
PUBLISHED: March 1, 2024 at 4:38 p.m. | UPDATED: March 1, 2024 at 4:41 p.m.

Village Theaters North in Big Bear Lake, the only theater in the San Bernardino Mountains, has closed its doors after 25 years.

The theater opened in 1999 under owner Will Viner.

Viner died in February due to complications following a surgery, according to Big Bear Chamber of Commerce officials.

“Unfortunately, the Village Theaters North did close their doors this month,” chamber office manager Patricia Gallagher said in an email Monday, Feb. 26. “The owner, Will Viner, passed away. His son did come up the mountain to assess the idea of staying open but said it is not affordable at this time for him.”

The theater’s final day was Feb. 19.

“After 25 years of movies and memories in beautiful Big Bear Lake, the Village Theaters North has closed its doors for the final time,” said a note on the theater website.

Residents in the San Bernardino Mountains will now have to drive down the mountain, and back again, in order to catch a film on the big screen.

“The other unfortunate thing is it was our only movie theater in the Big Bear Valley,” Gallagher said.

“Our condolences to the family and they will be missed,” she added.