Na'alehu Theatre

95-5659 Mamalahoa Highway,
Na'alehu, HI 96772

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Jake Bottero
Jake Bottero on September 12, 2022 at 7:51 am

It is essentially abandoned at the moment, looking worse every day.

David_Schneider
David_Schneider on January 7, 2020 at 3:30 pm

This Hawaii Tribune-Herald article from December 27, 2019 about the theater’s current situation even references the description on this Cinema Treasures page saying “…it was the go-to theater for some 8,000 residents and 10,000 troops stationed at South Point, according to cinematreasures.org.”:

https://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/2019/12/27/hawaii-news/officials-considering-offer-from-foundation-to-turn-over-naalehu-theater-to-county/

jojoe
jojoe on September 20, 2013 at 5:09 pm

I was the manager from 1979-2006. We shut the doors when the owners, Weinberg Foun., refused to fix the leaking roof. The theater was denied historical status by the owners. This would have opened up funding from restoration grants. I’m afraid the theater is doomed by “demolition by neglect”.

pizzaparlour
pizzaparlour on November 22, 2010 at 4:08 pm

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Looks like the roof fell in and flooded the place. A local main street organization is applying for a lease from the Weinberg Foundation, but they don’t have much money or support. Local contractor estimates repairs at $150,000.

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on June 20, 2009 at 3:46 pm

There is a photo on this real estate site:
http://activerain.com/patrickjlambert

Ross Melnick
Ross Melnick on August 31, 2007 at 6:38 pm

News of its recent troubles can be found here in this Saturday, June 30, 2007 article from the Hawaii Tribune-Herald: View link