OGDEN – Cine Pointe 6, a discount theater in Ogden, has closed, an obvious victim of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Hello everyone, it is my sad duty to tell you that the theater is permanently closed. I wish it wasn’t like that. Thank you for all the great times and memories, ”the company said in a post on Saturday on its Facebook page.
Company employees did not immediately respond to requests from the standard auditor on Monday for comment. Be that as it may, the news was met with sadness by many. The second theater is at 151 E. 12th St.
“So sad. Thank you for all the great memories. I’ll never forget to line up with all the other Star Wars nerds to see the prequels. I wish we could do something to save Cine Pointe 6,” a Facebook poster replied to the news.
Saturday’s post was the first on Cine Pointe 6’s Facebook page since September 22nd last year, when theater operators gave a hint of the tough times for business. The theater had been in operation last summer, but the amount appeared to be small. Richard Crowley of North Sale Lake is the theatre’s registered agent, according to Utah online business records.
“We tried to open for a while to see if it was a good time for it,” read the September 22nd post. “We appreciated everyone who attended our retro film festival. Unfortunately the number of visitors was very low and it was not possible to stay open. Even if COVID-19 is still out there, people pretty much stay away from the theaters as a whole. “
The Post indicated that at the time, operators were hoping to reopen the locale. However, attention was also drawn to the pressures and delays film studios have faced due to the pandemic.
Theaters across the country, like many companies, have suffered from the pandemic and policies restricting social gatherings.
“Most theaters, concert halls and cinemas were closed for at least a year and television and film production ceased for months, resulting in hundreds of thousands of layoffs and large sums of money,” a March 30 USC report on the entertainment industry said News. This is the news site of the University of Southern California, one of the leading film schools in the country.
With more people at home benefiting from streaming services, the report said, the shift to watching movies at home may continue. Theaters, said another expert, would remain, but serve a niche audience.
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