RVANews reveals all about new MovieLand on Boulevard
Jon Baliles of River City Rapids tells all at RVA News about the new theater complex currently under construction on the old Richmond Steel site on North Boulevard south of The Diamond. Whatever excitement you felt yesterday should triple today. Here’s Baliles’ recap (read the whole post if you want to feel really giddy): Let me […]
Jon Baliles of River City Rapids tells all at RVA News about the new theater complex currently under construction on the old Richmond Steel site on North Boulevard south of The Diamond. Whatever excitement you felt yesterday should triple today. Here’s Baliles’ recap (read the whole post if you want to feel really giddy):
Let me reel off what I learned:
The construction is an eye-popping adaptive reuse of a 130 year old locomotive shed. There will be no video games or arcades in the entire complex. There will be no on screen advertising before features. Each of the 17 theaters will have stadium seating, with custom wooden and leather chairs made exclusively for the ownership group. There will be a large restaurant in the old Foundry building on site. Concessions will include REAL butter on popcorn, as well as coffees and teas and other hot food such as pizza and giant pretzels. There is a Sunday late morning “Movies with Mimosas” where they show vintage classics and serve chilly libations. There will be an Insomnia Theater with cult classics late night on weekends (remember the midnight Rocky Horror Picture Show or Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” at the Ridge Cinema?) They have a submission form where you can suggest upcoming features for the above two categories. Free parking for 750 cars (that’s about 500 more spots than Short Pump Cinema). They have a Criterion Club that offers discounts for frequent visitors.
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