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New Haven, CT
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CT Theater To Close After Almost 20 Years: 'Business Is No Longer Viable,' Owners Say
A Connecticut movie theater that has entertained residents for almost two decades has announced that it will soon be closing as a result of declining business. Bow Tie Criterion Cinemas, which opened in 2004 and is located in New Haven at 80 Temple St., will be permanently closing after its evening shows on Thursday, Oct. 12, owner Bow Tie Partners announced. The real estate company attributed declining business following the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for the closure. "Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic caused dramatic changes to the movie theater business in…
Englewood, NJ
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Tenafly's Bow Tie Cinemas Closes
Bow Tie Cinemas in Tenafly has shut its doors. The theater still has hope, according to Bow Tie Cinemas owner and CEO Ben Moss, who told NorthJersey.com he will be forced to close if the borough designates his property as a historic landmark. Voting against the resolution is the only hope for the movie theater, he said. NorthJersey.com cited a report by historian T. Robins Brown, which said that Tenafly's theater is a "rare surviving building of its type, as it is among only eight early 20th century movie theaters in Bergen County that still function as a movie theater or cultura…
