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Muhammad Ali Turns 70SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — J Street in downtown Sacramento will be completely closed for 90 minutes on Saturday for the opening of a new Sacramento Church of Scientology location, according to a city traffic alert.
The church is celebrating a grand opening at 6th and J streets. J street between 5th and 7th will be closed for 90 minutes beginning at 1:45 p.m. Traffic will be detoured around the event.
Two of three lanes will also be closed all day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Scientology’s current location at 825 15th is a single-story, 12,000-feet building. Its new location is a former five-story hotel featuring 48,000 square feet.
33 Comments
Why are they closing a street for an entire day for a church opening I have never heard of such a thing as that anywhere.. I hope some news tells us how and why they are being able to do this.
January 27, 2012 at 3:18 pm | | Report comment
That’s happens pretty much every time a new Church of Scientology opens. Just last week in Hamburg, Germany, and in November in Inglewood, CA, before than in Twin Cities, Seattle etc.etc. (Source: scientologynews.org , look at the pictures there)
January 27, 2012 at 4:30 pm | | Report comment
That’s good news. The church has grown so much in the past decade, it’s amazing.
January 27, 2012 at 5:02 pm
Louanne is an operative for the cult of $cientology’s Office of Special Affairs. She posts under dozens of other sock accounts.
$cientology is a mind control scam and they want your money. They are collapsing because while gullible people may walk into an Org, they can also look up information and stories from THOUSNADS of ex-members who were brainwashed by this group.
January 28, 2012 at 8:10 am
LOL at the idea that the ‘scientologynews’ website gives any honest info about Scientology’s actual membership stats these days. Setting aside mindless PR, the ‘Church’ is losing members faster than ever, and these large new buildings that are being purchased to pad the real estate portfolio of its ruthless leader David Miscavige are standing mostly empty after these bogus, staged “Grand Openings”.
January 29, 2012 at 7:53 am
Scientology is not allowed to exist in Germany troll as are no other cults
January 31, 2012 at 1:27 pm
In Sacramento and many cities, when there’s a large enough event whose public participation would otherwise clog traffic, streets can be closed off.
The paper implied that it cost the church a pretty penny, but we don’t know if that’s fact or speculation.
But almost universally, the event-owner will pay for increased police, fire and EMT on standby.
February 2, 2012 at 3:13 pm | | Report comment
I’m sure it will be a beautifully renovated building. Every new Scientology church I’ve visited has been a 10.
January 27, 2012 at 4:35 pm | | Report comment
Driving up there early tomorrow! It’s gonna be exciting!
January 27, 2012 at 5:46 pm | | Report comment
SInce GeolCaliaban and Louanne are the same person one of the Scientology super-powers must be the ability to have multiple personalites and talk to yourself,
January 27, 2012 at 6:03 pm | | Report comment
wow dude, troll much?
January 27, 2012 at 9:26 pm
Seems like a major, noteworthy event. They always build the most beautiful churches, will be glad to have such an elegant structure in the neighborhood.
January 27, 2012 at 4:41 pm | | Report comment
SAndy-Louanne, why are you referring to Scientologists as “they” when you are one?
January 27, 2012 at 6:01 pm | | Report comment
I am one. Dunno about Sandy or anyone else here. And you are clearly a rep of the anti-scientology media squad. Is it true that they still didn’t pay you?
January 27, 2012 at 7:02 pm
Maybe you can share with everyone exactly what the oiliness table is used for…since you seem to be in the know!
January 27, 2012 at 8:18 pm | | Report comment
Interesting. I was at the Grand Opening in Los Angeles in 2010. I learned that Ideal Churches of Scientology (as they are called) are built with personal contributions from each church member and are designed to provide all that Scientology can deliver (which is the reason why they are a little bigger). Pity that I am in Europe right now and can’t come!
January 27, 2012 at 4:49 pm | | Report comment
To Scientology’s/David Miscaviges dismay, which will also bring around either a change or the end to Scientology. The TRUTH is out there now. Scientology can no longer keep secret, all there criminal activities and constant harassment of critics and former members. Their disconnection policy is responsible for tearing apart families. The have very effectively used our legal system to silence people. They have trampled over peoples constitutional rights to free speech. Their deceptive use of there hundreds of front groups like, Narconon, Criminon, Applied Scholastics, Way to Happiness, ABLE, WISE, Citizens Commission on Human Rights(CCHR), etc. To lure people into Scientology under the guise of offering some help is an abomination. There is more to Scientology than you know…
January 27, 2012 at 5:40 pm | | Report comment
Apparently you think we all live in some kind of lawless, third-world, 18th-century frontier town devoid of laws, enforcement agencies, consumer bureaus, police forces, etc.
All those types of organizations work hand-in-hand with–and regularly praise the volunteer actions of–Scientologists, And the very organizations that you mention.
Thanks for those plugs above on all the non-religious organizations that use various of Hubbard’s discoveries. Links to all can be found at http://www.ABLE.org, for those who wish to volunteer and help others.
I always find it best to disbelieve cranky people. Emotionally, they _cannot_ treat a topic rationally. Everything’s a campaign for the emotionally hot-wired.
It’s nice weather. Try a walk outside.
Peace be unto to your spirit.
February 2, 2012 at 3:25 pm | | Report comment
Louanne,Mina,GeoCAliban,,Sandy and GretaB are all one person named “Louanne”, not her real name either, who works for Scientology’s Office of Special Affairs internet propaganda arm.
January 27, 2012 at 6:00 pm | | Report comment
I settled with myself that I won’t heal you from your hallucinations. You need help though before you become a danger to others or yourself.
January 27, 2012 at 7:03 pm | | Report comment
Get a real job, sci fi mouth piece!
January 27, 2012 at 8:12 pm
where are the homeless going to defecate at while waiting for the bus?
January 27, 2012 at 8:05 pm | | Report comment
The sci-fi Church of Scientology has deep pockets and that is how they can buy street closures in downtown Sacramento on a Saturday. Just read about how they intimidate their members into going into extreme debt so they can continue to develop their empty castles of opulence.
January 27, 2012 at 8:09 pm | | Report comment
The latest independent survey reports that the worldwide membership has shrunk to under 40,000.
The reality is that abusive donation drives and alteration of the Founder’s policies have driven almost 50% of the 2001 membership away.
January 27, 2012 at 10:18 pm | | Report comment
My friend, your numbers are off. There were 2,200 people at the opening today alone.
January 28, 2012 at 6:03 pm | | Report comment
They have been booted out of other countries and have to make up for it by coming to Sacramento. Why do they and the media keep using Travolta and Cruise as examples of scientology members who the heck cares. People in Sacramento were board that is why there were quite afew there they wanted to see what this church had in order to close J st. they probably thought there would be free food, cotton candy, etc.. lol.
February 2, 2012 at 4:05 pm
Scientology is always hungry for good PR. That’s because it has such bad PR with it’s scandalous nature of pressuring people to spend thousands, tens of thousand, even hundreds of thousands of dollars, and hundreds of hours of time, for mediocre results. Not to mention not allowing members to freely view anything negative about it (that’s part of how they’re controlled). Anyone who looks instead of listens would see that it’s been shrinking over the years. How many missions in the the area are now closed? How many auditors (Scn counselors) and Clears (an auditing level) are being made? The leader of the chruch, David Miscavige, it is dictator who has veered Scn completely off its original path. Now it’s all about sucking money out of parishioners for big fancy buildings when the the founder L Ron Hubbard never said to expand that way. it’s right in the policies, but they ignore it. They’ve stooped to blind faith, when it’s supposed to be about thinking for oneself. Notice I never wrote the “Church” of Scn. That’s because it no longer is a church, it really has become a cult. “Give us your money and only do what we say!” Go to friendsoflrh.org to see how Miscavige does the exact opposite of Ron’s policies. Read the Truth Rundown at tampabay.com. Look, don’t listen.
January 28, 2012 at 1:01 am | | Report comment
I would have to be hypnotized into joining and paying hundreds of thousands of bucks to be a member of this celebrity cult, well make believe is big business that is for sure they might as well have a make believe science church to hang out in, but to be allowed to close a public street for their opening just goes to show what kind of leadership we have at the state capital, Bohemian Gardens, Essential emptyness etc.., scary and getting scaryer by the day, look what happened in Oakland due to essential emptyness, corrupt cops etc,etc,etc..
January 28, 2012 at 6:10 am | | Report comment
Research is your friend. Scientologists will tell you to come in and ‘find out for yourself’. Yep….they want to get their claws on you. Research before you go!! Google is your friend. Google Disconnection and Scientology and find out about the families they’ve destroyed. Google Lisa McPherson and find about their murders. Find out about their greed by reading Tampa Bay Times expose. If you do all that and still become a Scion robot. Well…then you deserve them but for gosh sakes…….don’t go in blindly. Go in knowledgable and don’t take a credit card or check book!!!
January 28, 2012 at 10:04 am | | Report comment
As a Scientologist, I am proud and excited by this new church opening. Scientology has helped me and many of my friends, (which is how I found out about it.), be better people, do good work in the world and contribute to society and I heartily recommend the teachings!
January 28, 2012 at 6:00 pm | | Report comment
Check out the pot clubs in that part of town. Much more fun than going to a cult opening.
January 29, 2012 at 7:02 pm | | Report comment
i don’t understand why rational scientists would need a “Church” i mean this place has a “chapel ?”
January 31, 2012 at 1:33 pm | | Report comment
I agree. Plus, no church opening or any other church-related event should involve closing a public street. They don’t pay taxes and taxpayers should not be inconvenienced by their completely MEANINGLESS “rites.”
January 27, 2012 at 6:02 pm | | Report comment