Not a business but an attraction marketed by the developers as having three open theaters. Same as the basketball courts, rec centers, swimming pools, etc. Not the golf courses as they are the bread and butter of the Villages.

Nope, the investors picking up rental properties to eventually flip weren’t overly concerned about movie theaters.

Of course, with streaming, theaters are a dying entity, much like drive-ins, newspapers, telephone booths and mailboxes, etc.

Slightly off topic, there's a real winner in theatres right now and its one that Disney passed on.
Count me IN.

It went independent, way under budget and it's opening day, July 4th bypassed what they thought would be the big summer movie.

It's sold out daily in advance, in Ocala and people are having trouble getting tickets.

Sound of Freedom.

It's at LSL theatre until at least the 13th.

Sadly, it's based on a true story that many of the colleagues across the aisle want to deny.

It's touted as a conservative thriller.

Sound of Freedom (2022) - IMDb

I will look for it.

Sound of Freedom - Rotten Tomatoes

Hardly sounds like a "conservative thriller". Just a story that needs telling.

Pefecet site and size for a bowling alley. This would be very profitable.

Not worth the time to open the doc. The second largest cinema in the world filed for bankruptcy last year. Why would TV invest in something that is already dying on the vine? I never see the theater in LSL even close to full unless the movie is free. Much easier to watch movies in the comfort of your own home and pause it when you need to.

The truth is we DONT have enough Villagers going to the movies daily to support another movie theater. Or employees. Sumter took half the that theater and turned it into a restaurant! Movies aren’t what they used to be! I can see half the new movies from the comfort of my home! I went to a movie last week with my grandson- new release- and we were 2 of 5 people in the entire theater!

There hasn't been a movie released in the last 2 or 3 years that I would go to the theater and pay to watch. I won't even watch them for free at home!

Bowling would be great as would many indoor sports to beat the heat.

The movie was full for Top Gun: Maverick for my first two viewings. About 1/3 when I saw it again the 3rd time around the 4th week it was there.

Alone is the real thing. Been watching for quite a few years. Some of those people are very talented, others not so much.

RCJ

The Exorcism of Emily Rose - Wikipedia

I was the only person in the Old Mill Playhouse's largest auditorium when they showed this movie one afternoon just after the OMP had opened in 2005.

And I went to many various movie festivals at the Rialto and Old Mill Playhouse where I was among just a few movie lovers. They had had Hitchcock festivals, old horror movies, top Indys one year, etc.

OK. There are 1283 signatures so far. At $200 per person, that might be enough money to entice a theater operator to open up shop.

:loco:

Lucky if it was $20 each.

What do you got for 10 bucks and if you reopen it can we get free popcorn?