Friday, November 16, 2018

another one bites the dust


Of course this particular Queen song came to mind today.
The Regal Savannah Stadium 10 Cinema on Shawnee Street is closed.
When I went to the website to check the slate for this weekend, I was met with this message:


Ouch.
I clicked the link to go to the Regal Cinemas mothersite to make sure.
Sadly, it confirmed that the company no longer has a presence in Savannah.
So, no more Franks Victory Theatre. I don't recall when it closed, but sometime between Hurricane Irma and the middle of this year.
And no more CineGrand Spotlight Cinema, either. That closed during the summer.
That leaves the two cinemas, formerly known as the Carmike and the Wynnsong, representing the AMC presence here, and the only places left for movie-going on a daily basis.
Sure, as I pointed out to Barbara and Carolyn, we can still bop over to Bluffton to the Cinemark there, or drive over to Pooler to the Royal or the GCT for films.
It's still a sad state of affairs to have three empty cinemas.
I hope someone else will take over at least one of them for theatrical works.
That would be wonderful!
Here's hoping, y'all...
For now, though, we have the second movie of our double-header coming up! The first was "A Private War", here southside at the Wynnsong. Then we dined at Texas Roadhouse - for the country vegetables dinner, believe it or not! Now, time for "Widows", with the ever-amazing Viola Davis.
Off I go!

1 comment:

Faustina said...

I had not realized the Regal Cinema had been there for 20 years.
At least the local news finally took notice of the closures.

https://www.wsav.com/news/local-news/savannah-movie-theaters-take-big-hits-in-2018/1678264089