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After more than 20 years in business, the independently owned and operated West Boylston Cinema will close its doors as of May 30.
“It is with a great amount of sorrow that I have to announce the closing of West Boylston Cinema,” Kevin Broderick, owner of the West Boylston Cinema, wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday. “Though the cinema may be going, what will remain are the wonderful memories of all the customer interactions over the past 20+ years.”
The movie theater opened in 1997, according to the nonprofit website Cinema Treasures.
Broderick thanked his customers in the Facebook post, crediting their patronage for the cinema’s longevity.
“Without such a nice clientele, the cinema would have let the behemoth down the street in Worcester get the best of us. Without you, the cinema would have gone away with the demise of 35mm film back in 2014. Without you, it would have been easy to have just let the pandemic claim the cinema as it did so many others small businesses. Thank you, sincerely, to all those that have supported the cinema over the past 20+ years. It is greatly appreciated,” he wrote.
The closure of West Boylston Cinema leaves one fewer movie theater in close proximity to Worcester, which has no movie theater of its own. The closest theater is the Blackstone Valley 14: Cinema de Lux in Millbury, inside The Shops at Blackstone Valley retail complex.
What a shame. Movie theaters are disappearing!
Boo!
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