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Topic: What's the latest theatre to close or open you have heard about?
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Mike Frese
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From: Holts Summit, MO
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posted 04-28-2011 01:16 PM
quote: Monte L Fullmer
Prob an all digital theatre..
Course, this image is just the floor plan and doesn't show any 2nd level layouts, thus could be wider hallways upstairs for the DCI units.
That would be a crazy booth I guess. A long hallway with a bunch of other hallways off of each other then.
But, if you look closer there does not seem to be any room for a traditional booth space for rooms 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, & 9. The rest you have the booth above storage space, bathrooms, etc.
Also pretty small concession area.
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Sam Graham
AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues.
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From: Waukee, IA
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posted 04-29-2011 08:32 AM
Yes. 35mm.
SOURCE: The Laurel Outlook
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The film is flying and the projectors are rolling at the Laurel Movie Haus. Last Thursday, Laurel Movie Haus developer Riley Cooke and his staff unveiled their new theater to hundreds of patrons who purchased seats in the “Buy a Seat” promotion that launched last November.
The grand opening night gala offered seat holders a sneak preview at the facilities and the staff before the Laurel Movie Haus opened to the public last Friday.
“The gala was just terrific,” Cooke said. Everyone was very happy and enjoyed the theater. We had a lot of good feedback.”
Movie-goers flocked into the completely remolded former JC Penney building to receive personalized tours and bags of fresh popcorn.
“I know everyone in town was anxious for us to get finished and open up,” Cooke said. “This has just been bigger than we had anticipated. Everyone we have worked with has been very cooperative and helpful.”
The three-screen theater has two rooms with seating for approximately 150 viewers in each room and a small room with seating for 50 customers. Different movies will show in each room.
The theater rooms contain elevated floors with high-back seats that allow for easy access and a comfortable, non obstructed vantage point. Screens in the larger rooms measure approximately 12 feet high by 26 feet wide. The screen in the smaller room is about 8 feet by 16 feet wide.
The theater also has a bright, spacious lobby area with chairs and booths, a self-serve concession area and two large restrooms.
Cooke said the theaters will display current film releases which are projected using 35 mm film projectors. “We plan to be a family friendly theater that will show mostly G and PG rated films” he said. “We will have essentially the same philosophy of operating the downtown theater as with the operation of our drive-in.” Cooke and his wife, Vickie, opened Amusement Park Drive-In, behind Miller's Horse Place in 2005.
Co-owners Cooke and Dr. Robert Ulrich publicly announced their plans to build the three screen theater in Feb. 2010. Laurel has been without a theater since the former Movie Haus burned in 1996.
“We play seven shows a week at 7 pm,” Cooke said. “We're not showing a lot of trailers here so don't come half an hour late expecting to miss them.”
Two different movies will play a 7 pm. every day of the week. On Friday and Saturday nights, 9 pm. showings will be available. Saturdays and Sundays will also include 3 pm. matinees. Cooke said that the Laurel Movie Haus will also premier new movies in midnight shows.
Ticket prices are $7 for adults and $5 for kids ages 3-11 and seniors over 65.
“We're not set up yet to do computer tickets which means you have to buy tickets at the Movie Haus that day,” Cooke said. He said that he is looking into getting a system that will allow ticket-buyers to purchase tickets in advance online. “We're also going to start having 10 minute intermissions,” Cooke said. “It's kind of old-school, but I think it will work well.”
Currently playing is Just Go With It (PG-13), Unknown (PG-13), and Marmaduke (PG). Several new movies will premier at the Movie Haus on Friday, March 25. The titles include Diary of a Wimpy Kid II (PG), Battle of L.A. (PG-13), and Hall Pass (R).
Watch the Laurel Outlook weekly for movie listings and showtimes. Also a movie list and show times are available online at laurelmoviehaus.com or on the movie line at 628-4624.
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Mike Frese
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posted 04-29-2011 09:07 AM
Sparta, NJ
http://www.pr.com/press-release/316839
Sparta Theatre Opens for Local Family Entertainment
The Sparta Theatre will re-open this weekend with a focus on first run movies, healthier snack choices and employment for area teens. The enhanced movie theater is under new management, the Sacks family, who say they are dedicated to bringing back the family movie experience.
Sparta, NJ, April 28, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Local movie theater: Dying breed or new “back to roots” trend?
With the state of the economy and world upheaval, it may leave today’s families yearning for things that remind them of simpler times, like natural basic foods, family-friendly entertainment and activities that are close to home. Remember the days when you could find these things in your own home town, without crowds, noise and an assault on the senses? One family, the Sacks, is bringing family entertainment back to Sparta, New Jersey, with the grand re-opening of the refurbished Sparta Theatre.
Offering first run movies and more choices of natural ingredients in their snacks, the Sacks family seeks to employ Sparta area youth and provide entertainment for every generation of residents, including young families, according to Sparta Theatre owner Jeanie Sacks.
“We are hoping to revitalize the theater experience for our town residents and with neighbors like Rita’s Ice and Panera Bread, to offer them a night out without driving miles away and fighting the crowds,” said Sacks. “This is an experience that parents can share with their children that reflects their own childhood memories of going to the movies.”
According to Sacks, the independent theater, once seen as a dying breed with the mega multiplexes at every mall, could greatly benefit from the need for today’s consumer to get back to basics. She says the first run movies at the revitalized theater in May will include Fast Five, Hop, Lincoln Lawyer, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Thor and Kung Fu Panda, with more continuously announced on their website at http://www.thespartatheatre.com.
“We plan to have something for everyone in every age group, but most importantly it’s a safe place for Sparta residents to enjoy themselves,” said Sacks.
For more information on the new Sparta Theatre, call 973-729-2100.
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