Old-style cinemas of the type we had before the dominance of multiplexes are returning to the center of Athens.
The touristic as well as commercial recovery of the capital’s center in recent years is now being complemented by the return of large entertainment venues. While the upgrade of the Ideal is taken to some extent for granted, after the relevant assurances given by the Mitsis hotel group, which leased the historic building that houses it, the resumption of the Apollon and Attikon cinemas is news.
The two historic theaters, which stopped operating 10 years ago when a large part of the facade of the emblematic building in which they are co-located in Stadiou burned down, were leased together with the entire building complex in the form of a group of real estate interests of Yannis Perrotis.
The building belongs to two entities that until recently were in legal confrontation, but have finally reached a compromise solution.
Meanwhile, Stavros Mitsis, managing director of the Mitsis hotel group, has confirmed to Kathimerini that the Ideal will continue to operate in the future and even be upgraded.
At the same time, the future of the Astor cinema, also on Stadiou Street, is now set to be positive, following the recent decision of Deputy Minister of the Environment Nikos Tagaras, declaring its use as a cinema to be preserved.
Source: Ekathimerini.com
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