City Centre Cinema

neo2010

With talk of a city centre cinema on the cards, I would like to get peoples opinions on the subject.

I can remember being in the Savoy and it was great not having to get a bus to either storm or ominplex to see a bloody film.

When I recently saw Avatar out in the Storm Cinema, there was literally not one seat empty and this was in the largest screen. There is so much potential revenue to be made if Limerick City Council got off their asses and approved one for inner city Limerick.

It's actually embarrassing knowing that Limerick is the only major city in Ireland without one located in the city centre!

http://www.limerickpost.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1446:city-centre-cinemas-on-agenda&catid=37:local-news&Itemid=60

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/Plans-for-new-cinema-on.5996460.jp

AnCapaillMor

Looking forward to going to dunnes first and smuggling my pack of perri supercrisps and supercan of coke into the new cinema. Aaahh memories.

neo2010

If anything at least a new cinema would bring some footfall to the city after six o clock.

Nowadays, you can be sure to see only junkies, winos or beggars around during the evening tapping people for fags and ''spare change''.

But that issue is for another thread as my blood is beginning to boil just thinking about those cretins. :pac:

krudler

Well if it keeps the scobes away from Storm and the Omniplex then its welcome, that was the great thing about the Savoy, when it turned into a knack infested sh1thole at least we had options to watch movies somewhere else

the dufi

A cinema would be a great addition to the city centre. As it stands the suburbs are really starting to squeeze the life out the city and are for us who live in the city, any extra alternative entertainment options would be more than welcome!

neo2010

Yes theres an article on the post today explaining how retailers in town are threatening to not pay rates as the city centre is effectively crumbling in terms of the amount of shops closing and the state of Patrick Street which is in limbo waiting for the Opera Centre to open.

Which probably never will.

krudler

I moved out to Dooradoyle a while back and was in town for the first time since yesterday, couldnt believe how quiet it was at 4pm, walked down Cruises St and there was about a dozen people to be seen, there's what, 5 retail units just sitting there empty now? it was towns busiest street at one stage, its all a bit too little too late as far as trying to get people back into town, the city makes too much from parking to give it away for free so thats never going to happen, its amazing how efficient our parking wardens are but the council cant do anything else right, coincidence?