Because almost all of The Villages movie theatres remain closed?

Unfortunately the pandemic appears to have resulted in most people simply watching movies at home on their big screen TV. It’s not altogether clear whether our three multiple screen movie theaters will ever fully re-open. You have to have paying customers in the movie theater seats to make them viable businesses. That ain’t happening.

And there in lies the problem..................

I thought I'd use this opportunity to start the completely unfounded rumor that they're planning on putting in apartments in those theaters...

When is Will Smith coming to the LKSL theater for the premier of his new movie?

Travolta came to Brownwood for his last blockbuster premiere

Easy for Travolta....he was living in Ocala.

Things do evolve over time, movies got much more expensive and TV's got much larger.

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Love movie theaters, so last week saw The Lost City then upcoming will see Sonic2. Always great experience on big screen.

So many love seeing these movies on the big screen. I think the villages is losing revenue by not reopening Rialto and Brownwood theaters. I have been going to Leesburg and Ocala to catch Dailey showings of those and additional offerings . This would be attractive to residents. Nightly town squares and recreation center activities aren’t for everyone.

It’s not just in the Villages, movie theaters are closing all across the country. Content producers are moving to the streaming platform to distribute their product. Many in our generation still prefer the traditional way to view a new release, but the reality is that we are no longer the target market, so out preferences have little influence on business decisions.

Would you be willing to invest your own money into the theater to open it back up?

Probably won’t reopen. I’m not supporting the lifestyle of those who want to “re-educate” me. Done.

if you really enjoy going to the movies, subscribe to Fantom Events. they have all kinds of movies in theaters CLOSE (maybe 10-15mi) to the villages. every month they do Classics from TCM, --some very good choices there.

His last blockbuster?? Was TV open when Grease came out?

May not be unfounded. I have a reliable source saying that the Dine and Drink Style Movie Theater refurb for the Rialto has been scrapped and that if apartments get built where Katie Belles was, the Rialto Apartments will soon follow.

Not sure about the other one, still closed. Time will tell.

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Paradise lost
 

i presume you meant "cant " instead of catch.
Going to see our favorite weeekly movies as children, teenagers, young and older adults was a weekly rite of passage for us. We socialized with other children from our own neighborhoods and the adjacent ones. Boys and girls met unchaperoned and started to acquire the social skills they would need in life. We all loved to be surrounded by hundreds of laughing and cheering kids sometimes crying, and peeking at horror scenes. Who didn't love the drive in movies.
Thats what we've lost, the chance to enjoy the company of strangers
and our fellow neighbors.
That is our loss.