Warren Expanding ?

[cdbthunder]

So I went to my doctor today at S 4th and Telephone Rd and he told me Warren Theater just purchased the property south of Moore Medical Center. He said the purchase was made for future expansion. Could this be for the proposed 20 theater complex originally planned until the economic downturn took place and if so wouldn't they have already aquired that property ?

[Jesseda]

the bought the bowling alley property?

[cdbthunder]

the bought the bowling alley property?

The big field just west of the bowling alley.

[kevinpate]

suites?

[SkyWestOKC]

Hmmm....anyone know any more about this?

[metro]

yes, old news, they had articles and a press release last month, I'll see if I can dig it up.

[flintysooner]

yes, old news, they had articles and a press release last month, I'll see if I can dig it up.

I remember the post and think it was in the one about Warren coming to northwest OKC. But I can't find it with search or even by just looking through prior posts.

Here is the article link to OKCBIZ: http://www.okc.biz/article/06-17-201...xperience.aspx

The excerpt:

Warren said plans are to add on to the theater in Moore in the near future.

“It will be a major addition,” he said, stating that additions will cost millions of dollars. “We have a few surprises that we’ll offer at a later date when we get it all put together and get the design work done. It will be very unusual, and some of it will be groundbreaking in terms of what we’re planning to do in the future in Moore.

“Luckily, the economy has not affected the movie business or the theater business. Actually, last year was the biggest year in the movie business.”

[bunchakids]

Please let it be a REAL IMAX addition. That would be soooooo cool.

[Easy180]

The word unusual jumps out so Im thinking something different than IMAX...Thinking strip club with movies in the background

[andimthomas]

Thinking strip club with movies in the background

Win. But I was thinking more of something like their OldTown Theatre Grille?

[kevinpate]

so the big secret announcement was the suites that were referenced in a news article back in March of this year? They sound nice, but I was thinking it would be all new info given the build up to it.

[cdbthunder]

The word unusual jumps out so Im thinking something different than IMAX...Thinking strip club with movies in the background

How would you watch the movie ? Wouldn't you be a little preoccupied with what was going on in the foreground ? I could just see that you know, when going to the refreshment counter you would say, " I'll have the # 7 combo " which includes a large popcorn, a large drink and a lap dance. Oh and if you wanted to supersize it they would throw Bertha in there for your lap dance. lol.

[SkyWestOKC]

How would you watch the movie ? Wouldn't you be a little preoccupied with what was going on in the foreground ? I could just see that you know, when going to the refreshment counter you would say, " I'll have the # 7 combo " which includes a large popcorn, a large drink and a lap dance. Oh and if you wanted to supersize it they would throw Bertha in there for your lap dance. lol.

My Lord, it's Idiocracy. Starbucks Latte anyone? How about some Adult Tax Relief?

It won't be a strip club, it's too close to residential.

[cdbthunder]

My Lord, it's Idiocracy. Starbucks Latte anyone? How about some Adult Tax Relief?

It won't be a strip club, it's too close to residential.

Of course you do know I was only joking, right ?

[flintysooner]

From NewsOK

Wichita IMAX theater could set Moore change

By Bill Wilson Oklahoman Comment on this article 0
Published: November 28, 2010

WICHITA, Kan. — Volunteers wearing white gloves spent Wednesday morning piecing together Bill Warren’s 600-foot IMAX screen at the west theater, 21st and Tyler.

Moore’s Warren Theatre is seen in this file photo. The company recently added an IMAX screen to a Wichita, Kan., site. Few details have been released about expansion plans in Moore. PHOTO BY JACONNA AGUIRRE, OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE

Wichita IMAX theater could set Moore change

It’s just one major project on Warren’s plate, including a major expansion in Oklahoma planned for next year.

Dozens of Warren staffers and bystanders assembled the screen pieces that had been laid across the theater’s seating area.

“It went well,” Warren said Wednesday. “You always worry about something happening and we’ve never done an IMAX screen before, but it went very well.”

The IMAX and improvements totaling $7.2 million to the other auditoriums in the theater are scheduled to open Dec. 17 with “Tron: Legacy.”

IMAX is a trademark for a large-format movie and motion-simulation entertainment center, with screens up to 10 times larger than a conventional movie screen.

“It was fun,” Warren said. “We had some employees, some bankers, some lawyers. It was kind of like a barn-raising.”

The existing auditoriums in the west Wichita theater got new carpet, seats, screens and digital projection equipment.

Next up is the expansion of Warren’s Moore theater. Warren said this week he’s signed a contract to buy an acre and a half adjacent to his theater at 1000 Telephone Road.

Warren declined to outline the expansion plans.

“We’re still working on it, but it will be a multimillion-dollar deal,” Warren said.

IMAX?

“Possibly, and a few other surprises down there,” Warren said. “We’ll be under construction within the first six months of the year.”

McClatchy-Tribune

Information Services


Read more: http://newsok.com/wichita-imax-theat...#ixzz16Zxt6qbo

[Easy180]

IMAX (likely) and a few more surprises?...this is getting good

[Dustin]

Ok? They said no more expansion not too long ago. Maybe they meant no expansion into Oklahoma City.

[SkyWestOKC]

Ok? They said no more expansion not too long ago. Maybe they meant no expansion into Oklahoma City.

They mean expansion of the Moore location. They (Warren) have stated numerous times they wish for the Moore location to be the only location for the OKC Market.

[jn1780]

They mean expansion of the Moore location. They (Warren) have stated numerous times they wish for the Moore location to be the only location for the OKC Market.

Their theater would no longer be unique if they built them all over the place.

[kevinpate]

Maybe that big purple curtain has an Okie size popcorn bucket behind it

[realtorchris]

Imax! Imax! Imax!

[Scorpiondiva]

Imax would be really cool!

[cdbthunder]

So I went to my doctor today at S 4th and Telephone Rd and he told me Warren Theater just purchased the property south of Moore Medical Center. He said the purchase was made for future expansion. Could this be for the proposed 20 theater complex originally planned until the economic downturn took place and if so wouldn't they have already aquired that property ?

Ok I don't mean to gloat but my doctor had the scoop on this months ago maybe I should ask him some more specific ?'s related to this matter.

[z28james]

I was told Warren would be expanding the Moore location with a IMAX screen in the spring. If you go to their website they just added one on one of their old locations. It looks pretty cool, I bet the one in Moore would be bigger and better.
If you go to the Warren website they have pics of the imax building, looks really cool.

http://www.kansas.com/2010/12/16/163...ns-friday.html

[FRISKY]

Update***

March 8, 2011

IMAX theater to open this year in Moore
By Andrew Knittle
The Norman Transcript The Norman Transcript Tue Mar 08, 2011, 01:17 AM CST

NORMAN — The Moore City Council approved a sales tax rebate agreement Monday night that’ll pave the way for a 600-seat IMAX theater to be built on the north side of the massive Warren Theatre.

The council voted unanimously to approve the agreement, which will provide up to $2 million in sales tax rebates to Oklahoma Warren Theatres LLC, the operator of the Warren Theatre.

Deidre Ebrey, director of economic development for Moore, said the rebate was essential to turn the prospect of landing an IMAX theater into a reality for the city.

“If we don’t approve this, Warren Theatres cannot afford to do it,” Ebrey said of the rebate agreement.

Ebrey said the new development will include two luxury suites with a combined 76 seats and a “full-service, fine-dining restaurant.”

The restaurant, which she said “won’t replicate what we already have” in the city, already has at least two companies interested.

“They’re lining up,” Ebrey said. “We do have lots of options.”

The restaurant, luxury suites and IMAX theater will open in 2011, she said, adding that no other IMAX theater can be built within a 20-mile radius (an area that includes Norman).

In addition to the IMAX theater, Ebrey said Super Target, Five Guys Burgers, Schlotzsky’s and Cinnabon will all open this year. A similar sales tax rebate was used to land Super Target last year, when the retail giant was doing very little expansion due to the economy.

“2011 is going to be a banner year,” Councilman David Roberts said.

City to assist with new playground

The council also approved an agreement with AMBUCS of Oklahoma City to aid in the construction of a “universal access handicap playground” at Buck Thomas Park in Moore.

According to the council discussion, the idea for the park came from members of the 2008 Leadership Class of the Moore Chamber of Commerce, who — in turn — sought the assistance of AMBUCS to gather funding as a nonprofit.

The park will be designed specifically for children with disabilities. A representative from AMBUCS said the original group who fostered the concept will remain involved in the project.

“This is something we’re all excited about,” Mayor Glenn Lewis said. “It should be a great project.”

Andrew Knittle 366-3540 aknittle@normantranscript.com

http://normantranscript.com/local/x1...-year-in-Moore