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Wildhorse 6 Stadium Cinemas General Manager Brent Almon hangs a new poster for the Disney movie, Cruella , which is expected to show during the movie theater’s reopening targeted for Memorial Day weekend. (Photo by Suzie Romig)
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Wildhorse 6 Stadium Cinemas General Manager Brent Almon is looking forward to being able to rehire his furloughed employees before the sole movie theater in Routt County reopens again, hopefully on Memorial Day weekend.
The theater that often provides the first job experience for a crew of as many as 20 teenagers and young adults has been closed since November 2020. The theater was hit with double trouble dealing with a pandemic as well as a burst water pipe due to a late winter cold snap that damaged flooring and some electrical wiring in the empty building.
The West Twin Cinema has a poster for Wonder Woman 1984 hanging up outside their front entrance.
The West Twin Cinema is scheduled to reopen Friday night after a week of cleaning and maintenance, and will kick off the week before Christmas with holiday movies, starting with“ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” from 2000, at 7 p.m. The theater is also showing “A Christmas Story” and “It’s a Wonderful Life” this weekend, all for free.
“We wanted do something for the community, so we thought the week before Christmas, let’s go ahead and show some free movies,” said Amy Updike, who is a co-owner of the movie theater.