Folks are worried about the movie theater renovation. It's been a confusing thing, first they are closing the AMC, then they aren't now they are again.
The AMC theater is scheduled to close in October and and then a brand new Muvico is scheduled to open six months later. With or without a bowling alley now, that is now in question, so are the 62,000 people per month that were projected to pass through Coconut Grove because of the spiffy new theater/bowling alley complex (and restaurant, which was part of the plans).
Some local merchants feel that the six month period, which is during season, could easily turn the Grove into a ghost town. And that six months can easily turn into eight months or a year.
People are asking for answers, but no one has any. So far, nothing has been done to take the place of the closed theater. There was talk of various small theaters around the village and maybe live plays and some sort of old movie house -- shows to keep people coming to the Grove. There is even talk of setting up movies in the promenade at Mayfair.
But to tell you the truth, if the Grove is only about the movie theater then we are in bad shape. The Grove needs to be about art and music and food and lots more than a chain movie theater.
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