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North Adams Cinemas Planning to ReopenBy Tammy Daniels
iBerkshires Staff
06:51PM / Tuesday, November 17, 2009
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The North Adams cinemas are expected to reopen this Friday under new management.
The MoviePlex 8 closed abruptly a month ago when its parent company, Cinema North Corp. of Rutland, Vt., went bankrupt.
At the time, Neil Ellis, owner of Steeple City Plaza where the theaters are located, said he was aware of the company's financial issues and had been working on ways to keep the theaters open.
On Tuesday, Mayor John Barrett III said Ellis had informed him that the theaters would reopen under a management agreement with a Greenfield theater company.
Ellis could not be reached for comment but the cinema marquee was quietly changed on Tuesday with recent and opening films, including the much-anticipated "New Moon" from the "Twilight" series.
On the bottom corner of the marquee for Theater 4, the morbid "Final Destination" was replaced by the more optimistic "Opening Friday."
The listings also include "2012," "Planet 51," "Capitalism: A Love Story," "A Christmas Carol," "The Men Who Stare At Goats," "Blind Side" and "Where the Wild Things Are."
Final details were reportedly being ironed out and a more formal announcement is expected on Wednesday.
Some of Cinema North's seven other properties may also reopen. Several franchises are bidding for the lease to the MoviePlex 9 in Rutland, according to the Rutland Herald, and the MoviePlex 8 in Greenport, N.Y., was purchased by a former Cinema North partner who's looking at a second theater as well, said the Catskill Daily Mail. |
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| How could these wonderful things be happening without JB as mayor? I thought the sky was going to fall. Looks like business belives in Alcombright too! | | from: WHT | on: 11-17-2009 12:00AM
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| Did you forget that Mayor Barrett is Mayor until Dec., therefore this movie complex reopening is another problem he has helped resolved on his watch! | | from: jam | on: 11-18-2009 12:00AM
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WHT ... posted the same thing on the SEARs article.
Editor: This ain't the Transcript. No name calling allowed. | | from: Andy | on: 11-18-2009 12:00AM
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| You people need to get a life. Just face it, Dick Alcombright will be the new Mayor and will do great things too. Wake up. | | from: unbelievable | on: 11-18-2009 12:00AM
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Very happy to hear it will stay open :).
And, the election is over, time to focus on new things. | | from: DK | on: 11-18-2009 12:00AM
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I'am happy to hear the cinemas are going to reopen. Under the new ownership, along with Mr. Ellis wouldn't it be wonderful if they honored those who got stuck with "Movie Passes"?
Editor: I've got some of those, too. I didn't even think to ask. | | from: JR | on: 11-19-2009 12:00AM
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