Santikos CEO Tim Handren said a dearth of new films that fit the Bijou’s arthouse niche didn’t help. Multiple factors likely contributed to the decline, including the pandemic and the challenge malls have faced even before COVID-19 in attracting customers. Santikos saw its business shrink at Bijou. “We did know that that was their plan,” Balcones Heights Mayor Suzanne de Leon said. Balcones Heights officials, however, were bracing for the closure.Īnd while Santikos’ exit is a loss for the city, its leaders are already pursuing potential new uses for one of the landmark anchors of the more-than-60-year-old Wonderland of the Americas mall. UTSA, a premier public research university, fosters academic excellence through a community of dialogue, discovery and innovation that embraces the uniqueness of each voice.SAN ANTONIO – Moviegoers were caught by surprise this week when Santikos Entertainment posted a note on Bijou Cinema Bistro’s front door indicating the company planned to shutter the movie theater. As an institution expressly founded to advance the education of Mexican Americans and other underserved communities, our university is committed to ending generations of discrimination and inequity. The University of Texas at San Antonio, a Hispanic Serving Institution situated in a global city that has been a crossroads of peoples and cultures for centuries, values diversity and inclusion in all aspects of university life. UTSA is a proud Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) as designated by the U.S.
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