ShowRoom Cinemas Closing In Asbury Park, Bradley Beach

Asbury Park NJ

25 September, 2020

9:53 AM

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ASBURY PARK – The coronavirus crisis has taken away another beloved business. ShowRoom Cinemas is closing in Asbury Park and Bradley Beach, the business announced this weekl "We regret having to make this announcement, but ShowRoom Cinemas will not be reopening in AP or BB," the 11-year-old business said on Twitter. "ShowRoom Cinemas to close permanently due to pandemic." The theaters closed in March but could have reopened earlier this month when Gov. Phil Murphy reopened movie theaters and performance-art venues at 25 percent capacity. Co-founder Michael Sodano, however, said in a news release that reopening at 25 percent capacity and 100 percent expenses didn't make sense. "Simply keeping the doors closed cost a lot of money, but opening them at a quarter capacity would only lose more money faster," Sodano was quoted as saying in The Asbury Park Sun.