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Old 07-07-2023, 09:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 View Post
I am pretty sure the Developers were funding the Villages theaters. They have private viewing boxes in the Old Mill Playhouse and did have one at the Barnstorm Theater.

They were not about making money but creating a lifestyle for retirees who had grown up going to movies.
Maybe the developer was subsidizing the theaters, in Spanish Springs, when they were selling houses north of 466A - but they don’t need to subsidize theaters for south of 44 - villages are selling out in a half day.