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[mcheiss]

masons_dad1, on Apr 24 2006, 06:35 AM, said:

Go ahead and dash my hopes against the rocks. But, you're right... other than a rumor that BOS Group and Malco signed a deal with IMAX, the truth is:

"an IMAX spokesman said he had no information about an agreement being signed with Bos Group or Malco and that IMAX usually makes its own announcements. Malco spokesman Robert Levy said the theater chain was only in negotiations with IMAX for three possible locations in Northwest Arkansas."

That was nearly a year ago. It would be too much to hope for that NWA would actually get something "fun".

They've actually narrowed it down to Pleasant Crossing, but the Pleasant Crossing Malco is on hold right now. It will start construction a few years after the one in Pinnacle opens, and is suppose to have room up to 16-18 screens plus an IMAX theatre.

[masons_dad1]

mcheiss, on Apr 24 2006, 07:42 AM, said:

They've actually narrowed it down to Pleasant Crossing, but the Pleasant Crossing Malco is on hold right now. It will start construction a few years after the one in Pinnacle opens, and is suppose to have room up to 16-18 screens plus an IMAX theatre.

As of November Malco had the theatre at Pleasant Crossing scaled down to 10-12 screens and still had no deal with IMAX. AMC on the other hand has deals with IMAX and the reason AMC backed out of Pleasant Crossing is because they believe having that many theatres so close to each other creates saturation and they would want all the first run movies without having to split them with someone else.

[mcheiss]

masons_dad1, on Apr 24 2006, 08:32 AM, said:

As of November Malco had the theatre at Pleasant Crossing scaled down to 10-12 screens and still had no deal with IMAX. AMC on the other hand has deals with IMAX and the reason AMC backed out of Pleasant Crossing is because they believe having that many theatres so close to each other creates saturation and they would want all the first run movies without having to split them with someone else.

Malco is planning on building a 10-12 Screen theatre in Pleasant Crossing with the intent to bring it up to 16-18 screens. This theatre however, is on hold until the other theatre in the Promenade opens, and it will probably till 2008 when it opens. IMAX will be coming to Pleasant Crossing, I assure you.

Also, Pleasant Crossing never signed AMC on as a tenant, the Promenade did.

[Mith242]

masons_dad1, on Apr 24 2006, 06:35 AM, said:

Go ahead and dash my hopes against the rocks. But, you're right... other than a rumor that BOS Group and Malco signed a deal with IMAX, the truth is:

"an IMAX spokesman said he had no information about an agreement being signed with Bos Group or Malco and that IMAX usually makes its own announcements. Malco spokesman Robert Levy said the theater chain was only in negotiations with IMAX for three possible locations in Northwest Arkansas."

That was nearly a year ago. It would be too much to hope for that NWA would actually get something "fun".

Sorry not trying to dash your hopes.      But honestly I hadn't heard anything in quite a while and I had heard a few rumors so I was worried myself.  But I feel a little better with this news that it's on hold.  At least it's not officially dropped yet.

[masons_dad1]

mcheiss, on Apr 24 2006, 01:08 PM, said:

Malco is planning on building a 10-12 Screen theatre in Pleasant Crossing with the intent to bring it up to 16-18 screens. This theatre however, is on hold until the other theatre in the Promenade opens, and it will probably till 2008 when it opens. IMAX will be coming to Pleasant Crossing, I assure you.

Also, Pleasant Crossing never signed AMC on as a tenant, the Promenade did.

It's going to take an official announcement by IMAX to get me to believe NWA is going to get one. I can easily believe we'll get any number of new retail stores and restaurants, but IMAX theatres are only going into very large metro markets, like Memphis or Shanghai. Besides, AMC backed out of "Pinnacle Promenade" because movie theatres are not doing very well lately and Rogers will be saturated with 3 large movie theatres so close to each other.

[mcheiss]

masons_dad1, on Apr 25 2006, 12:46 AM, said:

It's going to take an official announcement by IMAX to get me to believe NWA is going to get one. I can easily believe we'll get any number of new retail stores and restaurants, but IMAX theatres are only going into very large metro markets, like Memphis or Shanghai. Besides, AMC backed out of "Pinnacle Promenade" because movie theatres are not doing very well lately and Rogers will be saturated with 3 large movie theatres so close to each other.

No AMC didn't back out of the Promenade because theatres aren't doing well. They backed out because they never officially signed on as a tenant. The Promenade just paraded them around as an anchor, and than they found out and decided to back out.

IMAX is found in plenty of small markets like: Hutchinson, KS, Davenport, IA, Pensacola, FL, St. Augustine, FL, Evansville, IN, Alamagordo, NM, Syracuse, NY, Dayton, OH.

[masons_dad1]

mcheiss, on Apr 25 2006, 07:40 AM, said:

No AMC didn't back out of the Promenade because theatres aren't doing well. They backed out because they never officially signed on as a tenant. The Promenade just paraded them around as an anchor, and than they found out and decided to back out.

IMAX is found in plenty of small markets like: Hutchinson, KS, Davenport, IA, Pensacola, FL, St. Augustine, FL, Evansville, IN, Alamagordo, NM, Syracuse, NY, Dayton, OH.

An AMC representative actually told the media that they chose not to locate at the Pinnacle Promenade because there was going to be saturation and that movie theatres are not doing as well as before, which is why AMC is looking to expand some of their existing theatre complexes with IMAX. An IMAX representative told the media that IMAX was expanding into all the biggest theatre complexes, most of which are overseas. You can go to the IMAX website and see which markets they are expanding into. I didn't see any small markets announced in the past couple of years.

It's not to say that IMAX won't locate here, but it's just not likely... according to IMAX.

[Mith242]

mcheiss, on Apr 25 2006, 07:40 AM, said:

No AMC didn't back out of the Promenade because theatres aren't doing well. They backed out because they never officially signed on as a tenant. The Promenade just paraded them around as an anchor, and than they found out and decided to back out.

IMAX is found in plenty of small markets like: Hutchinson, KS, Davenport, IA, Pensacola, FL, St. Augustine, FL, Evansville, IN, Alamagordo, NM, Syracuse, NY, Dayton, OH.

I can't speak of all of the cities but I do know Alamagordo is the closest city to White Sands New Mexico.  So it probably does get help from a lot of tourists.

[jiggyK]

has anyone heard when construction is supposed to start on the "flagship" malco theater in fayetteville?

[itk]

jiggyK, on Nov 6 2006, 06:37 PM, said:

has anyone heard when construction is supposed to start on the "flagship" malco theater in fayetteville?

I'm pretty sure it already has.  They have just begun site work I believe, last I drove by there.

[thewizard16]

itk, on Nov 6 2006, 07:11 PM, said:

I'm pretty sure it already has.  They have just begun site work I believe, last I drove by there.

I haven't driven by it recently, but I thought they'd started dirt work.

[mcheiss]

itk, on Nov 6 2006, 07:11 PM, said:

I'm pretty sure it already has.  They have just begun site work I believe, last I drove by there.

The last time I went by (about a week ago), ground work was progressing.

[masons_dad1]

jiggyK, on Nov 6 2006, 06:37 PM, said:

has anyone heard when construction is supposed to start on the "flagship" malco theater in fayetteville?

Is it supposed to be the "flagship" theatre in NWA? I hope it's going to be 2 stories then because my favorite movie theatre is still the AMC Grand in North Dallas.

MOVIE THEATRE TRIVIA
In 1995, AMC introduced the world’s first megaplex: the AMC Grand 24 in Dallas, Texas. This theatre was the first of its kind, boasting 24 screens with state-of-the-art amenities. The birth of the megaplex also represented the introduction of stadium seating in the movie industry, providing moviegoers with a permanent “all clear” for optimal viewing. With 48-inch row spacing, there’s even more legroom — and getting in and out is easier too. Each row is an industry-leading 18 inches above the row in front of it. AMC’s introduction of the megaplex and stadium seating forever changed the way moviegoers see films today.

[mcheiss]

No, it's going to look a lot like the current Malco stadium seating theatres in Rogers with one floor unfortunately.

[masons_dad1]

mcheiss, on Nov 6 2006, 11:26 PM, said:

No, it's going to look a lot like the current Malco stadium seating theatres in Rogers with one floor unfortunately.

It doesn't sound like it will be the "flagship" then, I believe the Promenade Malco has that title so far.

[strmchsr77]

I did hear somewhere that it will be serving beer/wine in one of the screens. I not exactly sure how that is going to work but that sounds like an interesting concept that will be new to the area.

[masons_dad1]

strmchsr77, on Nov 7 2006, 07:53 AM, said:

I did hear somewhere that it will be serving beer/wine in one of the screens. I not exactly sure how that is going to work but that sounds like an interesting concept that will be new to the area.

That would be a first that I know of. I wonder if that'll be a special auditorium for VIP's to screen pre-release movies.

[mcheiss]

strmchsr77, on Nov 7 2006, 07:53 AM, said:

I did hear somewhere that it will be serving beer/wine in one of the screens. I not exactly sure how that is going to work but that sounds like an interesting concept that will be new to the area.

Malco's true flaghsip theatre Paradiso has this in Memphis, it's pretty cool. I'm curious to see plans on this theatre, for all we know it could be much nicer than the new theatre at the Promenade or the Malco Towne Centre in Rogers.

[Mith242]

mcheiss, on Nov 6 2006, 11:05 PM, said:

The last time I went by (about a week ago), ground work was progressing.

Same here, nothing major has started but they have started some ground work.

masons_dad1, on Nov 7 2006, 12:16 AM, said:

It doesn't sound like it will be the "flagship" then, I believe the Promenade Malco has that title so far.

Yeah to be honest I haven't heard of it being quite as nice as that one.  I think this will certainly be the nicest theater in Fayetteville but I don't think it's neccessarily going to be quite as nice as their flagship theaters at the Promenade or the Paradiso in Memphis.

strmchsr77, on Nov 7 2006, 07:53 AM, said:

I did hear somewhere that it will be serving beer/wine in one of the screens. I not exactly sure how that is going to work but that sounds like an interesting concept that will be new to the area.

Interesting I hadn't heard that either.  I guess we'll have to see if it works out.  I went by a theater in Albuquerque earlier this year that served wine and such in the whole theater but I don't think it did very well.

mcheiss, on Nov 7 2006, 09:40 AM, said:

Malco's true flaghsip theatre Paradiso has this in Memphis, it's pretty cool. I'm curious to see plans on this theatre, for all we know it could be much nicer than the new theatre at the Promenade or the Malco Towne Centre in Rogers.

Yeah I had heard about the Paradiso being their flafship but if I understand correctly the Malco at the Promenade is supposed to be just as nice and is also somewhat considered a 'flagship theater' for them as well.

[strmchsr77]

The new Malco theater will be coming through the Planning commission next week just for some minor lighting changes.  I found some elevations of what the theater is going to look like in the PC info packet.  

Here is the link to the info and pictures.  (They are not very good quality).  New Fayetteville Malco

Edited by strmchsr77, 10 November 2006 - 08:33 AM.