Muvico theater project was presented to Village Council
Mia Steirheim from CocoWalk and George Fiegler from Muvico spoke at the Village Council meeting last night about the new movie theater complex. Mr. Fiegler says that they are targeting autumn for the grand opening. Currently permits and such are holding up the start of renovation.
The theater will consist of two levels -- a general admission area and a premier level, it is set up like their theater in Boca Raton. The premier level will have drinks and food served and other amenities. It will have 10 separate theaters actually.
At night, some theaters would only be available to those 21 and older. During the day, it's open to everyone. The Grove location will be the first with an attached bowling alley and restaurant/bar. Visitors will be able to go back and forth between the venues, all under one roof.
Diagrams and photos were shown at the meeting and it all looks to be first class. Muvico is very excited to enter our market. Sony is providing a brand new 4K movie projection system -- providing twice the pixels. This is a first for Florida.
Muvico will also provide a valet service, but their projects are to have the same amount of seats as the AMC had (900), which should not affect parking, by adding any burdens.
Muvico is limited by the movie studios as to how and where they show the movies. So a replacement option for first run movies while under renovation, may be a problem. They want to make the down time minimal and not have AMC close until the last possible moment. Actual construction is planned to be five to six months.
Council Member, Dave Collins, brought up the aspect of outdoor movies, like Bayside had downtown for awhile. Merchants are concerned about the loss of business because of loss of movie traffic. Muvico liked the idea and said first run movies might not be possible, but other movies could be shown.
Studies show that 62,000 people per month are anticipated to pass through the theater/bowling complex and hopefully the rest of the Grove. Currently about 12,000 pass through per month, so even if Muvico's projections (get it? projections, Muvico?) are cut in half, that is still more than double the traffic now.
The theater will consist of two levels -- a general admission area and a premier level, it is set up like their theater in Boca Raton. The premier level will have drinks and food served and other amenities. It will have 10 separate theaters actually.
At night, some theaters would only be available to those 21 and older. During the day, it's open to everyone. The Grove location will be the first with an attached bowling alley and restaurant/bar. Visitors will be able to go back and forth between the venues, all under one roof.
Diagrams and photos were shown at the meeting and it all looks to be first class. Muvico is very excited to enter our market. Sony is providing a brand new 4K movie projection system -- providing twice the pixels. This is a first for Florida.
Muvico will also provide a valet service, but their projects are to have the same amount of seats as the AMC had (900), which should not affect parking, by adding any burdens.
Muvico is limited by the movie studios as to how and where they show the movies. So a replacement option for first run movies while under renovation, may be a problem. They want to make the down time minimal and not have AMC close until the last possible moment. Actual construction is planned to be five to six months.
Council Member, Dave Collins, brought up the aspect of outdoor movies, like Bayside had downtown for awhile. Merchants are concerned about the loss of business because of loss of movie traffic. Muvico liked the idea and said first run movies might not be possible, but other movies could be shown.
Studies show that 62,000 people per month are anticipated to pass through the theater/bowling complex and hopefully the rest of the Grove. Currently about 12,000 pass through per month, so even if Muvico's projections (get it? projections, Muvico?) are cut in half, that is still more than double the traffic now.
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7 Comments:
Wow!! can't wait !! Any chase getting your hands on the diagrams and pictures ...
Fantastic!
Outdoor movies = awesome. Just sayin.
Any mention of the phony charity scammer/thug's??
Their stats seem to bear these numbers out.
Good stuff, Grape. Im excited about the changes at Cocowalk even if it does take some time to make the conversion. Amazing how permits always seem to hold up change in the Grove. Thanks for sharing the info.
Win Win for the Grove. Goodby AMC Hello Muvico!! Looking for my bowling balls and shoes. It will be Wonderful.
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