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The Official Magazine of the National Association of Theatre Owners
The Official Magazine of the National Association of Theatre Owners
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INDIE FOCUS<br />
b r o u g h t t o y o u b y<br />
MICHAEL SODANO<br />
WITH NANCY SABINO<br />
SHOWROOM CINEMA<br />
MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ<br />
CONTRIBUTOR<br />
MICHAEL SODANO, OWNER<br />
LOCATIONS & SCREENS<br />
We operate two locations in Monmouth County,<br />
New Jersey. The ShowRoom Cinema Asbury<br />
Park features three intimate theaters seating 66, 25,<br />
and 15 people. The ShowRoom Cinema Bradley<br />
Beach has two theaters, one that seats 315; the<br />
other, more intimate, theater seats 23.<br />
HISTORY<br />
We opened in 2009 as a storefront cinema<br />
with 50 seats in Asbury Park. The interesting<br />
thing about Asbury Park was that in the 1940s<br />
and ’50s, the city had seven movie palaces that<br />
are now gone. We couldn’t understand why such<br />
a movie-rich town had no cinema. Was there<br />
no audience, or was it just because there was no<br />
cinema? My partner, Nancy Sabino, and I rented<br />
a small storefront and filled it with the best projection<br />
and sound we could resource, put in 50<br />
patio chairs, hung out a shingle, and waited to see<br />
16 DECEMBER <strong>2019</strong>
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