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Topic: What's the latest theatre to close or open you have heard about? (part 2)
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Mike Frese
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From: Holts Summit, MO
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 11-02-2011 10:25 AM
Ozark/Nixa, Mo
http://ccheadliner.com/news/b-b-theater-opening-nov/article_4faaed9c-049e-11e1-a937-001cc4c002e0.html
The coming attraction has finally become the feature presentation.
The long-awaited Ozark/Nixa 12, Christian County’s new and only movie theater, is set to open Nov. 4. The 45,000-square-foot theater will boast many features not found in Springfield, officials say, and it’s only going to improve with time.
Opening with 10 screens including the 53-foot B&B Grand Screen, the venue will house two more theaters by early next year, said Brock Bagby, B&B research analyst. The art-deco theater with a lofty purple spire outside will include 7.1-channel surround sound, spacious leather seats and kids’ movies two Saturdays a month. Five of the initial 10 screens will be 3D-ready, and the all-digital theater—a first for the greater Springfield area—will play host to an adjacent shopping center where numerous food chains are already in talks to arrive, Bagby said.
It’s easy to see why Bagby, in an advance tour Oct. 28, frequently stops himself in describing the place.
“It’s a lot to take in at once,” Bagby said.
Its opening ends years of setbacks and delays. Ozark started with the idea of a downtown theater in 2007, utilizing the Land Clearance Redevelopment Authority property across Third Street from the square.
An IMAX theater in Nixa was in the works in 2007 but fell through a year later when the land was deemed inappropriate.
B&B’s Ozark/Nixa 12 is the county’s first theater in 40 years, according to information from former Ozark Chamber President Jim Bowles, and the only thing bigger than the news of its opening is the theater itself.
Screens at the theater range from 30 to 42 feet wide, but one auditorium—the Grand Screen—trumps them all.
“It’s bigger than a humpback whale,” Bagby said of the Grand Screen.
The wall-to-wall screen is the biggest curved display in the greater Springfield area, Bagby said. The screen’s size necessitated a more spacious seating area, so the theater installed high-back rocking leather stadium seating.
“If Shaq was sitting in front of you, you could still see,” Bagby said.
Sound for the Grand Screen hits 8,000 watts and is provided by Ozark’s SLS Audio. B&B worked with SLS to create custom-curved speakers to project the 7.1-channel surround sound in every direction.
“Before, if a helicopter were to approach from behind in the movie, you’d only hear it enter from the sides,” Bagby said. “With Dolby 7.1, you hear it from directly behind, too. That’s another feature you won’t find in Springfield right now.”
While the Grand Screen is the only one of its size at the Ozark venue, Bagby said all the auditoriums have the leather seats and 7.1 sound.
The five auditoriums with 3D capability will be viewed on XBRITE, a new type of display that promises to mitigate the common issue of dim visibility. According to a release from B&B, 3D presentations typically dim down the movie by polarizing lens screens, but XBRITE films “will remain as bright and clear as their 2D counterparts.”
That’s partly because the all-digital theater will show movies stored on hard drives, allowing the theater to save space by no longer requiring individual screening booths. Instead, projectors are stationed above the main hallway, and can be lowered for servicing.
The collective offerings of the new theater coupled with the surrounding community, are why General Manager James Warner is making the move from Neosho.
“As a kid in Neosho, I often made trips over to Branson. I always liked the hills and scenery of this area,” Warner said. “And, this theater is one-of-a-kind.”
Residents can find out for themselves Nov. 4. The curtain will rise with a full slate of showtimes, and the theater will offer special events like a Twilight movie marathon when the latest installment arrives.
“People will get an experience unlike anything else around,” Warner said, “unlike anything in Springfield, especially.”
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Mike Rivest
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 185
From: Montréal QC Canada
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 11-22-2011 05:11 PM
Another 24-plex in Texas bites the dust
One of the largest theaters in town, the AMC Huebner Oaks 24, will shut down in early November, theater officials confirmed Thursday.
The 24-screen movie multiplex has been at its Northwest Side location at 11075 Interstate 10 West for 14 years, but it lost its lease, and the movie chain and property owner were unable to negotiate a lease renewal, theater public relations director Ryan Noonan said.
But an official of Entertainment Properties Trust, which was negotiating with AMC, said late Thursday that his firm was negotiating with another chain, and he expressed confidence that chain would take over the space being vacated.
Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/Huebner-Oaks-24-to-close-2217432.php#ixzz1eTip08rW
Also in my hometown of Montréal, Ex Centris 3 quietly reopened.
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