Key cinema to reopen in big boost for town

INDEPENDENT CHAIN POISED TO TAKE OVER MULTISCREEN THAT CLOSED IN JANUARY

- By OWEN HUGHES Business Correspondent

RHYL'S multi-screen cinema is set to reopen as the embattled seaside town shows early signs of a revival.

The town has suffered a tough few years with the closure of the Vue cinema on the seafront, as well as losing the SeaQuarium and the failure of the Skyflyer to take off.

This was compounded by storm damage closing the SC2 waterpark. But this week came the news it would reopen next month.

The town is also set to benefit from a £20million UK Government investment in the resort, with a board set up to decide how that should be spent. The Queen's Market Food Hall and Event space will also open in July.

Now independent national cinema operator Merlin Cinemas has announced it will take over the closed five-screen cinema, subject to completing lease arrangements with Denbighshire County Council, which owns the site.

The Cornwall-based independent operator has 21 other cinemas across the UK, including the Scala in Prestatyn.