Cathay Cineplex at Parkway Parade to close on 27 August 2023
The cinema, which opened in 2017, is the third Cathay outlet in Singapore to close in a year.
SINGAPORE - The Cathay Cineplex at Parkway Parade shopping mall will be closing down this Sunday (27 August), marking the operator's third closure in just over a year.
The company had previously revealed the impending closure of its outlet at The Cathay on June 19 last year, followed by Orchard Cineleisure on 13 June this year. Both outlets have already closed.
Five outlets currently remain: Causeway Point in Woodlands, AMK Hub in Ang Mo Kio, Downtown East in Pasir Ris, West Mall in Bukit Batok, and Jem in Jurong East.
The cinema chain will also be opening two new locations, one at Century Square later this year, and another at *SCAPE (which is beside Orchard Cineleisure), in 2024.
Closure after almost six years of operation
The cinema at Parkway Parade first opened its doors in September 2017, and was the eighth outlet in the cinema chain.
Located on the seventh floor of the mall, the cinema features seven halls, accommodating up to 880 cinema-goers.
It was also the first outlet to introduce an Assistive Listening Device system for hearing and visually impaired individuals.
Netizens have taken to social media to express their sadness over the news, with some saying that the outlet should have waited for the opening of Marine Parade MRT station on the Thomson-East Coast Line, scheduled for 2024, to drive footfall back to the cinema.
Cathay Cineplexes is currently operated by Singaporean film and distribution company mm2 Asia, and was bought over from Cathay Organisation for S$230 million in 2017.
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