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

[Martin Brooks]

Not really closing, just upscaling and changing name.

Why would you put a USB port into each seat? Won't that just encourage people to use their phones and pads? Terrible idea IMO.

[Ryan Gallagher]

The Eastside Cinema (in collaboration with Blue Starlight Drive In's), Austin, TX.
Part of the Millenium Youth Entertainment Complex.

Grand re-opening was 1/20/2024. 300+ Seat single screen Digital 7.1 and original 35mm capacity. Technically a re-opening of the long shuttered single screen at the east austin youth complex cinema that closed during the transition to digital.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/lo...c-f9206476dee4

https://www.eastsidecinema.com/

[Harold Hallikainen]

Like this?

[Marcel Birgelen]

Those "modern movie theater amenities" start to look a lot like first-class air-line seat. So, next up is a personal, seat foldable screen and entertainment center with personal headphone jack for everybody. This system will also include a channel on which you can see what the expected end-time of the movie is and what "connecting movies" you can catch in what room once the movie has landed... euhm, ended... (haha, etc.).

[Martin McCaffery]

They didn't actually say anything about showing movies

[Harold Hallikainen]

Not really closing, just upscaling and changing name.

"The theatre will be refurbished with leather electric recliners - each with a USB port - and individual swivel tables for an in-theatre dining experience."

I guess the USB port keeps your phone from going dead as you text during the movie.

[Steve Guttag]

The Cape Square Entertainment complex in Rio Grande, NJ (8-screen theatre with an entertainment center consisting of bowling alley, arcade, sports bar and restaurant) has opened (December 2023). It is the former site of the Franks Rio.

The theatres feature 4K laser projection on all screens with QSYS audio and Dolby Atmos on the largest screen, screen 7. This theatre also has motorized movable masking on all screens too!:

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The Cape Square Entertainment complex joins the Town Square Theatre chain which has the Harbor Square, Tilton Square and Ventnor Square (all in southern NJ).

https://www.squaretheatres.com/Locations/Cape%20Square%20Entertainment

[Martin McCaffery]

Not really closing, just upscaling and changing name.

$3.4 million luxury cinema coming to Gadsden Mall later this year

By

• William Thornton | wthornton@al.com

The Premiere LUX Ciné is scheduled to open in the Gadsden Mall in the last quarter of 2024. (Premiere Cinemas)Premiere Cinemas
A $3.4 million luxury cinema will be coming to the Gadsden Mall later this year.

Premiere LUX Cine’ will replace the existing 16-screen Premiere Cinema, which first opened in Gadsden in 2003.

The theatre will be refurbished with leather electric recliners - each with a USB port - and individual swivel tables for an in-theatre dining experience.

An expanded menu will feature new options, such as gourmet burgers and pizza, self-serve beverage stations for unlimited refills, adult drinks and other options.

The development is being funded privately by the Gadsden Mall and Premiere Cinemas, and the Gadsden City Council will vote next week on a sales tax abatement of up to $600,000 over ten years.

Gary Moore, CEO of Texas-based Premiere, said the project had been planned for years but got delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.



“Cinemas have come a long way in 20 years in terms of quality and comfort; we have better technology and more features today than we had back then,” Moore said. “Once we finish with it, Gadsden will have the nicest cinema around. It’s really a new chapter in Gadsden’s entertainment future.”

The theatre’s exterior and interior spaces will also be updated, and the lobby is being rebuilt with guest-interactive systems, such as ticketing kiosks for reserved seating.

Premiere Gadsden’s Director Ada Woodard said the theatre will continue operating without interruption during the upgrades.

“Half the auditoriums are upgraded at a time while the other half stays open, then we switch sides,” she said.

Kaylie Johnson, general manager of Gadsden Mall, said the announcement was “one of the most exciting developments at the mall yet.” A Food City location is set to open at the Gadsden Mall soon.

[Scott Jentsch]

Updates since my last report on Dec 4, 2023:

Openings

• Rochester, NY: Apple Cinemas - Pittsford Cinema Opens
• Dallas, TX: EVO Entertainment - Prestonwood Now Open
• Greensboro, NC: Golden Ticket Cinemas - Ale House + Elite Now Open
• Norman, OK: Regal Spotlight Reopens

Closings

• Brooklyn, NY: Linden Boulevard Multiplex Cinemas Closing in January
• Columbus, GA: AMC Classic Peachtree 8 Closed
• Plainview, TX: Cinemark Town Centre Cinema 6 Closed
• Enfield, CT: Cinemark Enfield 12 Closed
• Elkhart, IN: AMC Classic Elkhart 14 Closed
• Cincinnati, OH: Xscape Theatres - Northgate 14 Closed
• Mankato, MN: AMC Classic Mankato 6 Closed
• Oklahoma City, OK: AMC Classic Crossroads Mall 16 Closed

[Martin Brooks]

The National Amusements Showcase Jamaica 15 is Queens, NY is closing in June.

And it's probable that the National Amusements Showcase College Point 12 will also close sometime this year. A developer wants to turn the building into a distribution center, but this is also about Shari Redstone dumping everything she can.

She wants to sell or joint venture Paramount Global (which includes CBS and Viacom) because she's over $15 billion in debt. Paramount tried to sell Simon & Schuster to Pearson-Random House but the Feds killed the deal, so investment firm KKR bought it instead.

If both theaters close, that will leave Queens, NY with 9 theaters and 63 screens for 2.3 million people.

[William Kucharski]

Cinemark Enfield Square, Enfield, CT closing December 8, 2023.

https://www.wfsb.com/2023/12/08/movie-theaters-struggle-stay-open-ct-enfield-cinemark-shuts-down-friday/

[Tim Androes]

Seattle, WA: Was headed over to the U-district today and was surprised to see that they have demolished the Guild 45th #1...probably happened during the summer when there was nice weather...so sad.

[Chris Haller]

According to Apple Cinemas' website, Apple Cinemas Pittsford in Pittsford, NY, is due to open on Friday, December 8th. This marks the reopening of the former site of the Pittsford Cinemas 9 after it closed in fall of 2022. It is now a dine-in cinema, and is supposedly more of an upscale experience compared to its previous presence as a limping along former General Cinemas build from the 90s.

[Scott Jentsch]

The Colonial Theatre in Belfast, Maine has reopened.

The B & B Portland Northshore 8 in Portland, Texas has reopened.

The AMC Causeway 13 in Boston, Massachusetts reopened Nov 16.

The former Regal UA Parkway Place in Flowood, Mississippi has reopened as the Legacy Theaters - Parkway.

The former Kerasotes Boston Showplace ICON at Seaport has reopened as the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - Seaport in Boston, Massachusetts.


The Cinemark Monroe Cinema 10 in Monroe, Louisiana has closed.

The New Main in Ephrata, Pennsylvania has closed.

The Cinemark North Brownsville Dollar Movies 10 in Brownsville, Texas has closed.

The Cinema Cafe - Riverdale Hampton in Hampton, Virginia has closed.

The AMC Classic Dyersburg 9 in Dyersburg, Tennessee has closed.

The AMC Classic Durham 15 in Durham, North Carolina has closed.

The AMC Classic Tifton 6 in Tifton, Georgia has closed.

[William Kucharski]

Regency 6, San Rafael, CA closed November 26:

After decades of entertaining families and cinema buffs, the Regency 6 in San Rafael has closed.

Cinemark, the Texas parent company of the Regency theater chain, shuttered the venue on Sunday. A company spokesperson said in an email that the theater was closed at the conclusion of its lease.

“This closure is normal course of business and the result of the careful and ongoing review of our theater fleet,” the statement said.