Work starts at Odeon Cinema in Blossom Street, York (From York Press)
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Work starts at Odeon Cinema in Blossom Street, York
8:30am Wednesday 8th April 2009 in News
REFURBISHMENT work has begun on York’s troubled Odeon Cinema.
Workmen have been seen at the site, and lights on inside the building suggest work has started.
Reel Cinemas UK agreed to buy the Blossom Street landmark in 2007 and completed the deal the following January.
Company owner Kailash Suri initially said the 1930s picture-house would reopen in summer 2007, but work has been slow and he recently said the recession was forcing the company to proceed with caution.
Mr Suri has regularly promised to unveil full details of his plans, but has deferred a series of announcements.
He told The Press on Monday that he would meet his architects later this month and outline the refurbishment plans after that.
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petethefeet
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9:33am Wed 8 Apr 09
anonyork
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11:55am Wed 8 Apr 09
Kynnersley
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1:22pm Wed 8 Apr 09
anonyork wrote:That was for the new Premier Inn site next door to the cinema
I sawa crane and a lorry with steel girders on the back of it arriving there this morning! Major reconstruction springs to mind!
Beer_Monster
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1:27pm Wed 8 Apr 09
pedalling paul
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1:31pm Wed 8 Apr 09
Kynnersley wrote:My old Railtrack office....! Some fond memories.
anonyork wrote: I sawa crane and a lorry with steel girders on the back of it arriving there this morning! Major reconstruction springs to mind!That was for the new Premier Inn site next door to the cinema
the butler
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5:42pm Wed 8 Apr 09
clifton moor on
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9:24pm Wed 8 Apr 09
Guy Fawkes
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10:30pm Wed 8 Apr 09
ion sector nationally and the situation locally. If Mr. Suri is prepared to run it at a loss, perhaps as a loss leader for other business ventures, or to try to suck in some public arts subsidy in some form or another, then good luck to him. I just can't see how it's going to work any other way.
clifton moor on
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10:51pm Wed 8 Apr 09
Guy Fawkes wrote:he should apply for some grants, even the lottery , they love dising them out to silly projects, , id like to see it in its former glory (never have since im in me 30s) and even ran at a loss ,so much nicer than vue, failing that i want a decent exec flat
Writing as a former cinema manager and who has kept half an eye on the economics of the industry in the nine years since, IMHO that site is fundamentally not commercially viable as a cinema. Sorry - I know that's not the message a lot of people reading this would like to hear. I've written long posts setting out my reasoning on previous story threads about the Blossom Street building, the gist of which is that it's just too expensive to run relative to its likely income from showing films, given the state of the distribution/exhibit ion sector nationally and the situation locally. If Mr. Suri is prepared to run it at a loss, perhaps as a loss leader for other business ventures, or to try to suck in some public arts subsidy in some form or another, then good luck to him. I just can't see how it's going to work any other way.
petethefeet
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11:22pm Wed 8 Apr 09
In English.......?
Ghost of Oscar Deutsch says...
9:12am Wed 8 Apr 09