Posted on 04/29/2015 10:05:10 AM PDT by rktman
Some of the same features that kept the Cinema Center building in business for more than 40 years could help make it a success in its next life as a shooting range, investors say.
A group of Omaha businessmen plans to convert the vacant central Omaha movie theater into the Omaha Gun Club, which they describe as an upscale, family-friendly, recreational shooting range and firearms retailer.
(Excerpt) Read more at omaha.com ...
In the late '50s, movies were getting put out of business by TV, so Stax bought a movie theatre at a low price, converted it into a recording studio, and the rest is history.
(The sloping floor of the movie building contributed to the unique Stax sound.)
I’ve shot a gun range in Pasadena, Texas that was converted from an old movie theater.
It isn’t a nice area anymore.
The old Cinema Center is in the middle of town in a stable neighborhood the building has been vacant for several years It’s nice to see that it is going to be put to good use. Training & the safe use of firearms.
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