Cineworld Cinema - Edinburgh
Fountain Park, 130 Dundee Street,
Edinburgh,
EH11 1AF
Fountain Park, 130 Dundee Street,
Edinburgh,
EH11 1AF
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Reduced seat count post refurb, down to a still quite high 2766.
Breaking it down: IMAX – 254; 4DX – 174; ScreenX – 198; 2 – 303; 3 + 4 – 220 each; 6 – 122; 7 – 462; 9 – 194; 10 – 171; 11 – 150; 12 – 137; 13 – 161
Coincidentally, multiplex refurbishment is the subject of several several articles in the current issue of Cinema Technology Magazine.
Under the “Further information” tab of the Building Standards (not “Building Control” in Scotland!) page you’ve linked to, the declared “Value of Work” is £3m.
The 13th screen seems to have already been refurbished:
Building Standards Warrant Summary for 4DX Auditorium Conversion.
The declared “Value of Work” for which is £450,000, and the “Completion Accepted Date” is the 17th January 2018.
The 8/70 format Iwerks system mentioned in CT’s description has presumably long since been removed.
To be refurbished this year. 12 of the 13 screens will be re-stepped to improve viewing angles, with upper level disabled access boxes added. https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/scottishBuildingWarrantDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=P54A5JEWMBJ00
Quite a drastic change to a relatively young multiplex!
Another pic here, taken as a UGC, a name it briefly carried between being Virgin and Cineworld.
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An August 2005 photograph of the Cineworld, Edinburgh:
http://flickr.com/photos/filmfan/39048175/