“Next week is booked solid,” Pickwick Theatre co-owner Dino Vlahakis said, referring to meetings with suitors. Seven of the prospective operators are local and one is from outside Illinois.
Seats sit empty and an organ stands near the edge of a movie screen inside a theater at the Pickwick Theatre Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022 in Park Ridge. Recently the Pickwick Theater owners, Dino Vlahakis and Dave Loomos announced they will close the theater in January.
Pickwick co-owner Dino Vlahakis told Pioneer Press/Chicago Tribune that he’s heard from four movie business operators and four live entertainment entities since theAdvertisementSeven of the prospective operators are local and one is from outside Illinois, Vlahakis added.Any entity that takes over showing movies out of the Pickwick will lease the space, as Vlahakis said he and Loomos plan to retain their ownership of the building. The closure, originally slated for Jan.
However, Vlahakis dismissed speculation that Hollywood actor Harrison Ford, who spent part of his school years in Park Ridge, would get involved.
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