According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution the Magic Johnson Theatre at Greenbriar mall will be showing it's last movie on Sunday Oct. 11. Even though the theater still bears Magic Johnson's name it's owned by AMC who states the reason for the closure is that the theater has been underperforming. After Making no comment as to whether or not the employees at greenbriar will be offered jobs at other AMC establishments, the owners went as far as to assert that they have two other properties in "that vicinity". One at the Southake AMC 24, and another at AMC Parkway Pointe 15. Now I don't know If y'all have ever been to Atlanta, but anyone who's from here knows that Southlake mall, and Cobb Parkway aren't ANYWHERE NEAR being in the "same vicinity" as Greenbriar. They're not even on the same side of town. Anyone who's from Atlanta also knows that outside of The Mall at West End Greenbriar is in the most overwhelmingly black community of all the malls in the metro area.
When Magic Johnson originally opened up the theatre it was news not only because of the mass of the complex, and it;s state of the art features, but because of the location such a well furnished establishment was being erected at. Now 13 years later it's being closed due to underperformance. I say this to you Black people. We always complain about not having anything in our area, but when we finally get something good we fail to support it. Until we learn to support black businesses and build them up As opposed to tearing them down, we will forever to have to drive to cobb pkwy or southlake to see a movie in "our vicinity". We've got to do better. To get the unbiased story from the AJC click here
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