The historic Fiamma cinema in Palermo reopens, it will no longer broadcast films on the big screen, but is transformed into a gym. Body Studio Fiamma will open its doors in 2023: to announce it is the same chain of gyms Body Studio through its social channels.
In recent days, the heads of social communication of the Body Studio had launched clues on the place of the opening of their next gym: “It is located in the center, it holds the memories of entire generations, you will literally feel your muscles burn”.
Then the announcement with a drone that flies over the various gyms that are part of the group until reaching Piazza Alberico Gentili in Largo degli Abeti 6 and stopping in front of the historic cinema ticket counter which will soon be transformed into a gym.
The Cinema Fiamma had opened its doors in 1953, overwhelmed by the crisis in 2013 it had stopped the projections. Then in February 2014 it tried to rise again by transforming itself into a place for live music with tables and sofas, also hosting spaces for conferences and small theatrical performances. Hence the definitive closure.
In April 2021, a sale advertisement appeared on some real estate sites «in Largo degli Abeti we offer the former Cinema Fiamma – it read – The restaurant has a square area of 1060 square meters, is located on the ground floor and is in need of renovation. Three shop windows on the street. Selling price 650 thousand euros “. In 2023, seventy years after its first opening, the definitive transformation will arrive.
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