[5][6] The following year, in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the police intervened in the premises due to the celebration of a party prohibited by the confinement decreed by the Peruvian government.
In February 2022, after complaints of holding illegal parties,[7] and because female and male prostitution activity was detected, a new closure was carried out by agents of the Municipality of Lima.
[3] Subsequently, some transnational companies attempted to recover it, but the environment was not suitable for the cultural or office rental projects that were planned.
[1] Designed in a modern style by Peruvian architect Walter Weberhofer, the original project envisioned a mixed complex comprising a ten-story office building and an entertainment center with a movie theatre.
[1] The interior of the cinema has a covered hall that distributes the space, with oval columns that facilitate transit to the box office area and entrance to the room, which was done through the main level or through the curved staircase to connect with the stalls and mezzanine.