Warren Expanding ?

[soonermike]

http://www.mooreimax.com/
If my math is correct, looks like they'll be opening next February - the 22nd I think.

[Dustin]

Is it just one screen or are there more than one?

[Ginkasa]

Its one IMAX.

If my math is correct, looks like they'll be opening next February - the 22nd I think.

The 17th would make more sense. Its a Friday and Friday is when things happen at movie theatres. Its also what this site says.

[warreng88]

Moore IMAX opening pushed back to February
By Brianna Bailey
Journal Record
Oklahoma City reporter - Contact 405-278-2847

MOORE – The opening date for the massive new IMAX theater in Moore has been pushed back to February because of the expense and scale of the project, said Warren Theatre developer Bill Warren at the groundbreaking ceremony on Monday.

The six-story IMAX screen will be the largest of its kind in North America, Warren confirmed during the event.

The theater had been targeted to open in December, with Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol in IMAX 3-D slated as the opening feature.

“It’s too big, too complicated, too expensive to do it in that amount of time and we want to get it right,” Warren said.
Warren also hinted at future development plans for the Moore theater site, which he said he plans to announce within the next 60 to 90 days.

“We have some more things in store for this location,” he said.

The massive IMAX screen will have to be trucked in from Canada in pieces and will take a team of about 60 people to assemble.
Warren estimates the new theater on the north side of Moore’s Warren Theatre complex off of Interstate 35 will cost $10 million to $12 million to build.

The new 600-seat IMAX theater will have a screen that is 250 percent larger than the Oklahoma City metro area’s only other IMAX screen at the AMC Quail Springs Mall theater. It will also be about two stories higher and 20 feet wider than the existing main screen at the Moore Warren Theatre, which is currently the largest movie screen in the state.

In March, the Moore City Council approved a $2 million sales tax rebate agreement with Warren Theatres to help bring the Warren IMAX screen to the city.

The incentive package was important to make the numbers work for the project, Warren said.

Warren Theaters anticipates the Moore IMAX will become the top-grossing IMAX screen in North America. The sales tax revenue that the city will see from out-of-town moviegoers who will also shop and eat in Moore makes the sales tax rebate deal worthwhile, said Deidre Ebrey, director of economic development for the city of Moore.

“It’s hard to quantify that, but we do know that it will give us a significant boost,” Ebrey said.

[Dustin]

Excited!

[jn1780]

December always did seem too ambitious.

[venture]

Very very nice. He is at least a guy that does it right and I have not seen any other movie theater that can compare.

Would assume the next announcement will be the expansion of the existing theater with more grand auditoriums (with balcony seating) and additional features. Wonder how much longer until they'll actually need a parking garage there.

[Easy180]

Wow sums it up nicely...That thing will be a zoo when it opens

[dmoor82]

The six-story IMAX screen will be the largest of its kind in North America, Warren confirmed during the event.So we went from having no Imax screens in OKC afew years ago to now having two with one being the largest in North America!Thats pretty big stuff!

[BoulderSooner]

Very very nice. He is at least a guy that does it right and I have not seen any other movie theater that can compare.

Would assume the next announcement will be the expansion of the existing theater with more grand auditoriums (with balcony seating) and additional features. Wonder how much longer until they'll actually need a parking garage there.

next announcement will be the future of the pad sights in front of the theater

[venture]

The six-story IMAX screen will be the largest of its kind in North America, Warren confirmed during the event.So we went from having no Imax screens in OKC afew years ago to now having two with one being the largest in North America!Thats pretty big stuff!

Well...1 and a half. LOL I don't consider the AMC garbage to be real IMAX. :-)

[zcamaro70]

Dirt work going on at the restaurant pad at Warren. The southeast lot in the parking lot has two earth movers working today.

[SkyWestOKC]

Just drove by a few minutes ago and can confirm.

[euphjay]

Dirt work going on at the restaurant pad at Warren. The southeast lot in the parking lot has two earth movers working today.

Do we know yet what restaurant(s) these will become?

[Cocaine]

I didn't know it would be that big.

[kbsooner]

I thought they may be adding more parking up front to compensate for the parking loss during construction. They have construction fences up, most of the North side of the building... I'm not sure I've seen the parking lot fuller than it was today. A good portion of the lot on the West side was being used!!!

[mmonroe]

Maybe it's the pain pills talking, i'm going to have to reread this later, but i'm EXCITED!!!

[Easy180]

Do we know yet what restaurant(s) these will become?

City said on Facebook they should be ready to announce later this week

[jn1780]

The steel structure for the stadium seating is starting to take shape. Also, the new north parking lot is halfway done.

[SkyWestOKC]

Anyone have any pics?

[jn1780]

Anyone have any pics?

[EricGarcia]

Great to see expansion taking place. I hear Bill Warren is actively seeking a site in the Tulsa area for a new complex. An 18-screen Warren Theatre was planned for Catoosa late last year, but the deal fell through and will now be a Walmart store. I would guess he is looking at Broken Arrow since that is where Tulsa has seen a lot of its growth.

[MDot]

I can't wait untill this open's. I already want to go watch a film there.

And as for Tulsa, do they already have a Warren or is Bill Warren seeking to expand into the Tulsa area?

[EricGarcia]

Warren doesn't have anything in Tulsa at this time.

[MDot]

Ah, then it would be great if they could find a location in Tulsa to build on sometime soon.