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“Agawam Cinemas reopening delayed until end of January, owner says” From Agawam, MA.
If you’re excited about catching a holiday flick at Agawam Cinemas, you’ll have to hold your horses.
Kimberly Wheeler, who bought the cinema in September, said the theater is expected to resume screenings at the end of January. The 31-year-old Agawam resident had hoped to open the cinema earlier this month, she said, but unforeseen electrical work has delayed renovations.
“I really wanted to be open for the holidays,” Wheeler said Thursday. “That’s the stinky part of it.”
Former owner Sal Anzalotti closed the theater in May. Anzalotti, who ran the business from 1996 to 2014, said he couldn’t afford to convert the theater’s projectors from film to digital and had difficulty competing with large multiplexes in the area.
Read the entire article at masslive.com
Article by Laura Newberry