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Topic: What's the latest theatre to close or open you have heard about?
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Scott Jentsch
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Posts: 1061
From: New Berlin, WI, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 05-19-2009 04:56 PM
Marcus Theatres closed the Marcus Crossroad Cinema in Wausau, Wisconsin on Saturday, May 16, 2009, according to an article in The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
Marcus Theatres closes small Wausau cinema
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Marcus Theatres closed its Crossroads Cinema in Wausau effective Sunday. The fourplex had been operated by Marcus since 1976.
Milwaukee-based Marcus Theatres announced the closing on Saturday.
“The Crossroads Cinema has served this community well, but it no longer provides the kind of experience that moviegoers expect from a modern theater facility,” said Bruce Olson, president of Marcus Theatres. “With only four screens and a very small lobby, Crossroads can’t offer the wide selection of amenities, movies and showtimes needed to remain viable.”
Marcus will continue to operate the 10-screen Cedar Creek Cinemas in nearby Mosinee, Olson said.
Marcus Theatres is owned by Milwaukee-based Marcus Corp. (NYSE: MCS).
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Mike Blakesley
Film God
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From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 05-22-2009 09:20 AM
One thing not noted in this article is, the largest screen is 75 feet wide. That's impressive. I don't understand why they have 10 concession register stations when only two or three of them will ever be staffed, but whatever.
Shiloh 14 opens today with larger screens, more 3-D
Link to Billings Gazette article with 3 pictures
By JACI WEBB
Of The Gazette Staff
When "Terminator: Salvation" rumbles into theaters today, Billings audiences will be treated to a viewing on a screen taller than a house in a theater that seats 357 people.
Shiloh 14, the 14-screen theater operated by Carmike Cinemas Inc., is the newest and biggest theater in the state. It opens today just south of Kohl's Department Store at King Avenue West and Shiloh Road after a fundraising Exclusive VIP Night on Thursday.
The 51,000-square-foot theater has six ticketing stations, all located inside, so most fans won't have to line up outside the door. It also boasts a 10-register concession booth that looks like something out of "Star Trek," another film showing at the new theater.
It's been 10 years, almost to the day, since Wynnsong 10 opened its doors north of Rimrock Mall in May 1999. Wynnsong 10 opened with the summer blockbuster "Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace" and gave Billings audiences their first local taste of surround sound. Wynnsong 10 will remain open and show some of the same films that Shiloh 14 is showing. Carmike 7, 2255 Overland Ave., has closed and the property will be sold. Carmike representatives have said it would be too expensive to remodel Carmike 7 for stadium seating, which Wynnsong 10 and Shiloh 14 have.
Shiloh 14 was constructed modeling a multi-plex recently built in Tyler, Texas. Shiloh 14's two largest theaters hold a combined total of 639 seats. Three theater screens will feature 3-D presentation and all of the theaters have digital surround sound.
Carmike Cinemas Inc., is the fourth-largest U.S. theater chain and is headquartered in Columbus, Ga.
Carmike marketing director Dale Hurst, who works out of the Georgia office, said the Billings market has been strong for Carmike. He said Carmike is an industry leader in new technologies and the Billings expansion is proof of that.
"With our new gourmet popcorn, digital projection, and 3-D capabilities, going to the movies is going to be a whole lot more fun," Hurst said.
Ticket prices at Shiloh 14 are the same as those at Wynnsong 10, which is $8.75 for adults 12 and older and $6.50 for children under 12. Super bargain matinee tickets are $6 and Stimulus Tuesday offers theater-goers popcorn and a drink for $1 each.
Several employees transferred from Carmike 7 and Wynnsong 10 to fully staff the ticket booth and concessions and some additional workers were also hired.
Shiloh 14 is part of Shiloh Crossing, a 74-acre development at Shiloh Road and King Avenue West, a venture by Shiloh Crossing Partners LLC, which was created by business partners Steve Corning and the Long Family of Billings. Plans are to lease space in front of Shiloh 14 to businesses and restaurants. Corning said he recently signed a lease with China Bistro, which will open later this summer, possibly in July.
"This should be a huge hit with the community," Corning said of the new theater. "It's absolutely state-of-the-art and on par with everything in the country today."
Shiloh 14 opens tonight on the corner of Shiloh Road and King Avenue West. Films being show there are: "Night At The Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian" (on three screens), "State of Play," "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," "Star Trek," "Dance Flick," "Terminator: Salvation," (on two screens), "Angels and Demons," "17 Again," "Fast & Furious," "Obsessed" and "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past."
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