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Historic Paris UGC Normandie Cinema & Cannes Press Conference Venue Faces Closure As Theaters Quit Champs-Élysées Avenue
Historic Paris UGC Normandie Cinema & Cannes Press Conference Venue Faces Closure As Theatres Quit Champs-Élysées Avenue
Fears are growing for the future of Paris ’s historic 87-year-old UGC Normandie cinema on the French capital’s Champs-Élysées Avenue following reports it will close this June due to a combination of high rent and decline in business. A spokesperson told Le Figaro newspaper that the cinema’s potential closure was due to a falling audience numbers and rising rents on the Champs-Elysées, which is increasingly home to global luxury brand stores, chain restaurants and hotels. Paris audiences are heading instead to more modern multiplexes situated in less touristy areas and often located close to more affordable food courts, such as the 27-screen UGC Les Halles, which is billed as one of the most frequented cinemas in the world, welcoming 2.5M spectators in 2023.
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