ODEON Bracknell closes after three decades
A Bracknell cinema has closed its doors after 30 years.ODEON Bracknell on Skimped Hill Lane closed at the end of May following a "mutual agreement" with the premise landlord, a spokesperson said.There remains a Cineworld in Bracknell whilst the nearest ODEON is now in Maidenhead."We would like to reiterate our thanks to [the landlord], our wonderful colleagues and our guests for all their support over the years," the ODEON spokesperson said.
"After years of making magical memories for generations of cinemagoers, we're sorry to announce that our cinema is now closed. We've been truly proud to serve our guests at ODEON Bracknell and bring years of movie magic to the community."
Russell Williams, who lives in nearby Ascot says he hasn't been to the ODEON in more than a decade "It's run down, nobody goes."Local resident Shikha Solamki said "There's been so many Hindi movies that don't go everywhere but you can find them in the ODEON, it was a nice experience in that way. But it needs a lot of improvements like the environment and the seating.""The theatre experience you can't get at home...you can have a mini theatre and something like that at home but when you come here, and multiplexes, it's a whole different experience." Caroline Deacon, who lives near the cinema, said she "thought it was going to close for ages, it's been going down hill a long time.""Stuff comes out so quickly now, it used to be you'd wait two years to see something, now you wait two weeks and it's on Netflix."
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