The Celebration! Cinema - Woodland in Grand Rapids, Michigan has been closed permanently.

The news was announced in an article published recently on MLive.com:

Celebration Cinema is permanently closing a second-run movie theater it operates at Woodland Mall.

Emily Loeks, a spokesperson for Studio C, the company that owns Celebration Cinema, said the theater’s lease was close to expiring. She said her company chose not to renew the lease because it was expensive, and the theater operated at a loss for much of its history.

The theater showed movies, at a reduced price, that have left first-run theaters.

“This is a decision that we’ve been looking at for close to a year and it was a likely outcome for later this year,” Loeks said. “It’s just that the timeline for it has accelerated for a bit.”

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When movie theaters reopen as states are able to relax their restrictions, moviegoers will need to look to the other nearby theaters, including the Wealthy Theatre, and Celebration Cinema's other nearby locations, such as the Celebration! Cinema - Studio Park and Celebration! Cinema - Grand Rapids North & IMAX.

Photo above by Google Maps, circa 2017.