The landmark Metro Theater is being renamed Uptown Film Center and will include five screens and about 470 seats.
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Upper West Side Theater Is Sold After Governor Allocates $3.5 Million
A nonprofit bought the landmark Metro Theater after receiving financial support from Gov. Kathy Hochul, the State Senate and Steven Spielberg’s foundation.
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$7 Million Deal Is Reached for Upper West Side Movie Theater, Nonprofit Says
A nonprofit group says it has reached an agreement to buy the shuttered Metro Theater from its owners, but the deal is contingent on raising the money by the end of the year.
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Celebrities Support Plan to Reopen Upper West Side Movie Theater
Martin Scorsese, Ethan Hawke and John Turturro are all listed as advisers to a new proposal to buy the former Metro Theater, which closed in 2005.