The Le Mars Daily Sentinel is reporting that the Royal T III Theatres in Le Mars, Iowa closed on Tuesday, November 10, 2009:

When the house lights went down Tuesday after the final showing at the Royal T III movie theater in Le Mars, they stayed dark.

That was the last night of shows at the Le Mars theater, at least under its current ownership.

"There are potential investors looking at taking it over," said Patrick Johnson, who manages the theater with his wife Sara.

His father Terry "T.J." Johnson has owned it for the past three decades.

"Hopefully it won't be too long," Patrick said.

His family decided to sell the Le Mars movie theater a few months ago.

"We are split between Le Mars, Vermillion and a theater in Neligh (Neb.)," Patrick said, explaining that his family owns and operates theaters in all three locations.

"Our family wanted to focus on not being so spread out," he said.

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