Hartford's Last First-Run Movie Theater Closes For Good

HARTFORD, CT — For the second time since 2023, a prominent movie theater in Hartford has closed.

Apple Cinemas Xtreme, located at 330 New Park Ave., reportedly closed on Monday, Jan. 20, as confirmed on the company website, which states "permanently closed" regarding Apple Cinemas Xtreme Hartford.

In 2023, Apple Cinemas closed a movie theater on Front Street in Hartford, only two years after it opened, citing post Covid-19 challenges.

That theater was an Apple Cinemas Dine-In, meaning it offered meal and bar options.

The Apple Cinemas Xtreme on New Park Avenue was formerly Bow-Tie Cinemas until it shuttered amid the 2020 pandemic.

It was taken over by Apple Cinemas in the fall of 2020 amid post-pandemic reopening efforts.

The cinema features a massive, five-story-tall screen and a 6,000-watt sound system.

With this closure, Connecticut's capital city now has no commercial movie theaters, but there are still nonprofit options locally.

Real Art Ways (at 56 Arbor St. in Parkville) and Cinestudio (on Trinity College's campus) are both theaters serving the Greater Hartford community.

From June 29, 2023: 'Report: Upscale, Dine-In Movie Theater Closes In Hartford'