The New Vision Ovation Cinema Grill in Bloomington, Illinois will not reopen after closing in March 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

According to an article published recently in The Pantagraph, the theater has closed permanently due to the theater's parent company, , filing for bankruptcy:

New Vision Theatres Ovation Cinema Grill, which has been closed since theaters were shut down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, will remain dark.

"Their corporate office contacted us late yesterday and confirmed the Ovation Theatre is permanently closed," Tom Anderson, director of environmental health of the McLean County Health Department, said Thursday. "According to the corporate office, they have filed for bankruptcy."

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According to our records, the theater originally opened April 16, 1999 as the Palace Cinema 10 (GKC Theatres). It was later transferred to Carmike Cinemas, and it became known as the Carmike Palace Cinema 10. It became the Carmike Ovation Cinema 10 in 2015. It was renamed to the Carmike Ovation Cinema Grill 10 in 2016. As a condition of AMC Theatres buying Carmike Cinemas in 2016, the theater was transferred to New Vision Theatres in 2017 and renamed to the Ovation Cinema Grill.

Moviegoers in the area will need to visit one of the other nearby theaters, including the Normal Theatre in Normal and AMC Starplex Normal 14 in Normal and Marcus Bloomington Cinema + IMAX in Bloomington.