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The cinema was robbed at gunpoint at about 1 a.m. on July 29, 1991, with the gunman taking $3,340.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48964288/the-journal-times/ "Racine County: Gunman robs theater employee"], [[Racine Journal Times]], July 30, 1991, page 4A.</ref> On September 8, 1997, Marcus began remodeling of two of Westgate's auditoriums to allow stadium seating,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48968654/the-journal-times/ "Westgate remodels for stadium-style seating"], [[Racine Journal Times]], September 12, 1997, page 3C.</ref> reopening them on October 24.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48968885/the-journal-times/ "Business Today: "Westgate theaters remodeling done"], [[Racine Journal Times]], October 22, 1997, page 4A.</ref>
Westgate Cinema closed on September 24, 2006, with a final showing of ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywoodland Hollywoodland]'' that ended at 11:39 p.m. It was replaced by the [[Marcus Renaissance Cinema]] four miles west in [[Sturtevant, Wisconsin|Sturtevant]], which opened in November 2006.<ref>Anderson, Janine. [https://journaltimes.com/news/local/goodbye-westgate-cinema-closes-to-make-way-for-multiplex-in/article_213948b8-4fa6-53bf-8530-b313a2a167c5.html "Goodbye, Westgate — Cinema closes to make way for multiplex in Sturtevant"], [[Racine Journal Times]], September 25, 2006.</ref> The theater building was demolished in July 2017.<ref>[https://journaltimes.com/former-westgate-theater-comes-down/article_8451ff35-9b15-5b9e-9900-b2fb019fdd8a.html "Former Westgate Theater comes down"], [[Racine Journal Times]], July 14, 2017.</ref> The first business to build on the Westgate site was [[Town Bank]], which opened a branch at [[5005 Washington Avenue (Racine, Wisconsin)|5005 Washington Avenue]] in May 2018.<ref>Burke, Michael. [https://journaltimes.com/business/local/town-bank-opens-racine-branch-office/article_ea487064-76cf-5e77-9d3d-56e3928be7c3.html "Town Bank opens Racine branch office"], [[Racine Journal Times]], May 2, 2018.</ref> [[Discount Tire]] announced in October 2019 that it planned to build a store at the site.<ref>Burke, Michael. [https://journaltimes.com/business/local/former-westgate-site-to-get-second-business-discount-tire/article_abc6d574-eae2-5e96-8ae0-ee5bf53864c0.html "Former Westgate site to get second business: Discount Tire"], [[Racine Journal Times]], October 14, 2019.</ref>
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