The Oamaru Cinema is for sale. PHOTO: WYATT RYDER
The town’s only dedicated movie theatre was listed for sale this month by ABC Business Sales for the price of $563,755.
The business has operated since June 2021, but the space has been used for many iterations before it.
In 2018, Limelight Cinemas closed after a six-year run, with the owner citing illness as a reason.
Before that it was Movie Max 3, which operated throughout the 2000s.
At present the the cinema has two operating theatres and a third unused auditorium.
Owner Sam Smythe declined to comment on the sale, but the cinema’s newsletter said he was looking forward to developing his property at St Bathans with the possibility of a golf course.
