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Topic: Warren Grand Infinity Auditorium
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Terry Lynn-Stevens
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From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2012
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posted 01-15-2015 08:50 PM
quote: Buck Wilson
And yes, probably excluding domes, he has the two largest and highest grossing IMAX screens in North America.
Probably Buck, tell us Buck...I think Warren is full of horseshit and that screen is not the size of a basketball court. As for Warren having the largest IMAX screen, that is not possible, his IMAX screens are digital and the current IMAX Xenon setup will max out at around 70 feet. Seeing how the Lincoln Square cannot fill the width of their IMAX 15/70 screen due to the limitation of Xenons IMAX Digital, his screen is one of the larger digital IMAX screen in North America, not the largest. I think he bullshits his numbers and nobody has called him on it. And yes the lobby looks tacky to me. His curtains are nice I must say but the curve looks stupid even he has a patent for it ![[Moon]](graemlins/moon.gif)
quote: Jarod Reddig
I agree with Mike Im not a fan of the whole eating dinner and watching a movie thing. I love to eat so when I do all Im concentrating on is my food. I could never get lost in a movie while trying to eat dinner let alone waiters walking all around. I do love this theater though. Ill visit it
I don't understand the dinner and a movie thing either, but I guess some moviegoers do not get lost in the movie or need to hear every line of dialog like others do. I have always wondered as to how dark the cinema is while the food is being eaten.
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Marcel Birgelen
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From: Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 01-16-2015 06:05 AM
quote: Brad Miller
When I hear Belgium I think Barco, but Warren is a Christie chain. Anyone know?
Shouldn't you think beer, french fries and chocolate? ![[Smile]](smile.gif) According to Bobby Henderson in this topic:
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I'm pretty sure, but not absolutely certain, the projection systems for the two Grand Infinity auditoriums at the Broken Arrow Warren theater opening next week in Broken Arrow, OK are Christie 6P laser models.
Maybe Bobby knows the definite answer by now? Is it an Belgian import or "Made in the U.S. of A."?
quote: Terry Lynn-Stevens
tacky to me. His curtains are nice I must say but the curve looks stupid even he has a patent for it
I don't think Bill Warren deserves so much "hate". Personally, for a place that's essentially a large, 18-screen multiplex, this thing looks awesome. Instead of putting his money into a bigger house, bigger boat or fleet of luxury cars, he actually created something for the public. Since this place is not really around the corner, my judgements are based on the series of YouTube movies and on-line pictures available.
The place might not be an authentic, old cinema, the "ersatz Art Deco" might be faux and the theming might not be up to the standards of the best Disney theme parks... but still, if I had to choose between the run-of-the-mill multiplex down the street or one of his places, the choice would be rather easy.
I do like the curtain light show, but I think it would make a bigger and more sustained impact, if it wasn't as much "in your face". So, keep it down to just a short sequence just before opening the curtain. I don't think you do need special music, or try to make the music blend in better with the music that was running before the show and a little less dramatic. Often, a little less is a whole lot more.
quote: Terry Lynn-Stevens
Probably Buck, tell us Buck...I think Warren is full of horseshit and that screen is not the size of a basketball court.
A basket ball court has a surface of about 4700 square feet. While that's certainly a big screen, it's not like it has never been done before.
And besides all the marketing fluff, you read stuff like the "biggest noodle dryer between bumfuck and nowhere" every time, everywhere. It's also somewhat understandable somebody is trying to advertise his multimillion dollar investment with strong, subjective arguments.
quote: Manny Montes
The only thing I can find to substatiate his claim is a wikipedia article which has a news article as the source. The news article states "Almost 7,000 patrons spent a little more than $90,000 last weekend at Bill Warren's west Wichita IMAX theater, making it the top performing IMAX in North America"
Unfortunately, the references for this paragraph are no good. One is leading back to the Warren Theaters website, not really an unbiased source and the other one leads straight to a GoDaddy catch page.
Still, this guy opened a few major projects in just a few years time. So, I guess the numbers seem to work out for him until now.
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