Whether a cinema gets built or not, is completelydown to developers and promoters. As far as Ealing and other Councils are concerned nowadays, the best they can do is give a green light ahead of time, to any developer who did want to build a cinema.Unfortunately property development nowadays is as open to fantasy merchants as any other business.More especially when it's possible to knock up a convincing website for a few thousand poundscomplete with very convincing artists impressions.Fine words, parsnips, and butter spring to mind.Without claiming any special expertise on the subject, I'd say any cinema in a place like Acton,if its to be fitted out, heated etc in way which could justify the ticket price, simply won't makeeconomic sense. To pay its way it would need to attract audiences all through the week. The rent on a propery which wasempty five days a week would simply be uneconomic.And while pie in the sky proposals for activitieson the other 5 days might be suggested that'sall they'll ever be. Pie in the sky.And while box office staff and ushers might not bea problem there would the problem of attracting thenecessary technical staff, projectionists etc.Most retired former projectionists most likely wouldn't be up to speed on the latest equipment so who is going to pay the wages of any projectionists who might be available, 7 days a week ? When we're only a few miles from cinemas in the West End who presumably pay top dollar. The sad fact is, nostalgia aside, most films nowadays, even former rarities, are now available on DVD for a price much less than the cost of cinema admission. While high tickets prices may give some customers the idea that they're free to act as they like, to the detrimentof everyone else.michael adams
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