The curtain will soon come down on one of Malta’s oldest and most notorious cinemas as the Planning Authority is on track to approve the conversion of Valletta’s City Lights into a boutique hotel. A decision was expected on Tuesday but was deferred pending final clearance from accessibility and environmental health authorities. The St John’s Street cinema opened in 1977 in what had been the balcony area of the larger 1930s Capitol Cinema, and earned its reputation as an adult venue screening erotic films.
It is the last of Valletta’s old cinemas – at one time including such venues as the Coliseum, Savoy and Embassy – all of which have since been gutted or demolished.
Source: Former adult cinema looks set to get the boutique hotel treatment