AmStar Cinemas 14 Dallas
10110 Technology Boulevard East,
Dallas,
TX
75220
10110 Technology Boulevard East,
Dallas,
TX
75220
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The Grand 24 Opened May 19, 1995 with a total seating capacity for 4,900 in its 24 screens. It was the first megaplex theatre built in the United States. It holds several attendance records many that are unatainable now. In its first year of operation it drew 2.8 million people. It also holds the highest single day attendance of over 21 thousand people.
Today its location and the presence of other theatres nearby have pulled its attendace down significantly, but its still a nice theatre to still see movies at without the crowds.
It was closed in 2011, with plans to reopen with a reduced number of screens. It was reopened on October 14, 2011 by Southern Theatres, with 14 screens.
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It appears AMC is only showing films on 12 screens ?
Status should be updated to closed.
Also there is an article on how the theater is in the process of being gutted. TOBY KEITHS restaurant chain is opening a location in 30,000 sq feet of the building.
They’re gutting this place???
Yep Chris its getting gutted. A newspaper online had the pics. Google it
Shame…
Southern Theatres is taking over this location. It’s finally on their website. It’s going to be under the Amstar name instead of The Grand, and will be a 14 screen theater.
I remember going to it a few times when it opened and it was always packed. Hard to believe its already gone. I went there to watch the Empire Strikes Back Special Edition, the sound was always top notch. I still to this day tease my sister because she talked me out of seeing Heat in favor of Father of the Bride 2 at this theater, what could I do I wasn’t paying, but I never did see Heat in a theater. :(
The theatre reopened as AmStar 14 on October 14, 2011. More information available at http://bit.ly/fji1211amstar14 .
Seen a couple of movies here, both in 3D. Wasn’t impressed by 3D but the renovation is fairly nice. One thing I really liked, especially since I saw 2 movies in one day, is that on their digital screens that have which movie is in which theater they have countdown clocks that say when the movie is going to start even telling you how many minutes to go during previews, etc. Very helpful. Since I am across town from this theater though I probably will only go a couple times a year at most.
Per the book “George Lucas’s Blockbusting: A Decade-by-Decade Survey of Timeless Movies Including Untold Secrets of Their Financial and Cultural Success” this theater has some historical significance as it was the very first theater designed with stadium seating with each row on a different level as opposed to the old style slope seating. It was so successful that AMC stopped some theaters in mid build to redesign them with the new type seating. An example is given of the UA theater chain who decided slope theaters were fine even for new buildings and were out of business within a few years.