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‘The End’ for Hollywood Theaters?
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Posted on Apr 15 2008
Hollywood Theater-Saipan Megaplex will inexplicably shut down after its Thursday showing but local staff has remained mum on the reasons for the closing.
In a telephone interview with the [I]Saipan Tribune[/I], Hollywood Theater general manager William Santos was noncommittal when asked about rumors relating to his establishment’s closing—whether temporarily or for good.
But when asked why Hollywood Theater doesn’t have an entry for its movie schedules beginning Friday—either on its website or through telephone—and whether the seven-stadium venue would be open on April 18 and beyond, Santos said, “I have not issued a schedule for Friday…we are not open for Friday.” He also replied “no” when asked if the establishment would be open for the rest of April.
Even staff at Hollywood Theater remain tight-lipped about the company’s plans as queries about Friday’s schedule were quickly refereed to Santos.
[I]Saipan Tribune[/I] browsed through Hollywood Theater-Saipan Megaplex’s website and found that it only has entries up to Thursday, April 17, where it abruptly ends. It, however, has a posting beginning May 16, 2008, when [I]The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince of Caspian[/I] is scheduled for showing.Santos said he would not comment on the website posting and requested that [I]Saipan Tribune[/I] wait for the official announcement from its corporate office in Oregon.
E-mails and telephone calls were made and sent to Wallace Theatres Corp. chief operating officer Clyde Cornell and marketing director Heather Wright, but the company officials have not returned calls or responded to the e-mails as of press time.
Hollywood Theater-Saipan Megaplex, located next to Price Costco, opened with much fanfare in Sept. 8, 1999.
During its first week of operation, the venue showed [I]Deep Blue Sea, Haunting, Iron Giant, Mystery Men, Bowfinger, American Pie, Thomas Crown,[/I] and [I]Miss Kristina Moran.[/I]
If tomorrow indeed is the last day of Hollywood Theater, the last movies it showed on record are [I]Leatherheads, Nim’s Island, Superhero Movie, Drillbit Taylor, Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!, Never Back Down, 10,000 B.C., College Road Trip,[/I] and [I]Definitely, Maybe.[/I]
