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Fresh boost for leisure plan to revive former Odeon cinema
Blackpool Gazette
|August 06, 2025
Proposals to revive leisure activities at Blackpool's former Odeon Cinema have been given another lift.
The former 10-screen cinema on Bloomfield Central (formerly Festival Leisure Park) on Rigby Road closed in June 2023 when its lease came to an end and has been empty ever since, with the movie screens now stripped out.
Preston-based Austringer Capital, now operating as AIM Land Ltd, already had planning permission for the building to be used for leisure which could include activities such as bowling, trampolining, crazy golf, arcade games, climbing walls or indoor sports such as padel tennis or five-a-side football.
This story is from the August 06, 2025 edition of Blackpool Gazette.
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