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Theaters
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September 26, 2012
Silver screen coming back in Brady
BRADY, TX — Brady will soon have a local cinema again with the return of the Palace Theatre. New owners have been painstakingly renovating it back to its former glory so it can be used for movies as well as live events.
Read the full story in the Standard-Times.
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September 25, 2012
Trying times for the Portage Theater
CHICAGO, IL — The drama continues at the Portage Theater as the new owner, Erineo “Eddie” Carranza has served an eviction notice to the current occupants. When the existing management will have to leave is up for debate and the local alderman could even be holding up their acquiring a liquor license.
Read more in the Chicago Reader.
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September 24, 2012
Shaquille O'Neal is the now the owner of the Cityplex 12
NEWARK, NJ — Basketball icon Shaquille O'Neal has moved into theater ownership in retirement. He’s taken over the Cityplex 12 in his hometown of Newark following an extensive renovation that added six screens.
Read more in the Washington Examiner.
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September 21, 2012
Curtain may fall on classic movie house dream
WESTWOOD, NJ — The revival house hinted at two months ago may not come to fruition in Westwood after all. Supposedly holding it up is a legal threat from the Westwood Theater which is arguing that the new theatre would go against zoning regulations.
Read more in the Record.
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September 19, 2012
Two former AMC execs launching new initimate dine-and-view triplex
PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KS — A new theater and dining concept is coming to the Prairie Village shopping center courtesy of two former AMC executives. Standees will provide entertainment targeted towards adults, but they won’t provide in-theater dining like many of their new competitors. They’re more focused on making the two separate entities successful on their own.
Read more in the Kansas City Star.
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September 18, 2012
Uncertain future for Naro Cinema
NORFOLK, VA — The Naro Expanded Cinema celebrated 35 years last week but they’re unsure of how many years they have left. They’re exploring their options of how to raise enough money for a digital upgrade.
Read more at WAVY.
(Thanks to wsasser for providing the photo.)
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September 17, 2012
More theaters closing; unable to make the jump to digital
A story in the Huffington Post looks at the struggles of some small town theaters in converting to digital. The Isis in Crete, NE and the Onarga are a couple faced with raising almost $100,000 or closing.
(Thanks to Norman Plant for providing the photo.)
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Chicago’s Portage Theater has new owner
CHICAGO, IL — The future for it is still unclear but the Portage Theater has a new owner. Rumors point towards the owners of the Congress Theater being involved so they can turn it into a music venue.
Read more at Chicagoist.
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September 12, 2012
Changes happening at Hollywood Theater
DORMONT, PA — Chad Hunter is the new manager of the Hollywood Theatre following a lengthy search. His background in grant writing and fundraising made him the ideal candidate to save this theatre for future generations.
Read more in the Dormont-Brookline Patch.
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Former Alhambra Theater becomes Scientology center
JAFFA, ISRAEL — The former Alhambra Theater is now the Scientology Center for the Middle East. Representatives from all around visited for the opening last week after years in the making.
Read more at Haaretz.