Grand Illusion Cinema has been operating since 1970 in University District, but was not offered a new lease by the new owners of their building.
SEATTLE — Seattle’s longest continually running movie theater, now operated entirely by volunteers, will need to relocate after its lease was not renewed by building management.
Grand Illusion Cinema opened in 1970 in a converted dentist’s office at the corner of NE 50th Street and University Way NE in the University District.
The building was purchased in September of 2023, and according to the theater’s executive director, Brian Alter, a new lease was not offered to Grand Illusion.
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