21st Street Warren Theatre
9150 W. 21st Street N,
Wichita,
KS
67212
9150 W. 21st Street N,
Wichita,
KS
67212
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Expanded to 17 screens on January 21st, 2001.
Expansion to 13 screens on May 23rd, 1997. Warren 13 expansion opening Fri, May 23, 1997 – 34 · The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas) · Newspapers.com
This opened as simply Warren on March 29th, 1996 with ten screens. Article: Warren theatre opening Fri, Mar 29, 1996 – 21 · The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas) · Newspapers.com
Construction announcement from December 23rd, 1993.
Warren theatres were established in 1970 as American Cinemas.
21st Street Warren theatre announcement Thu, Dec 23, 1993 – 15 · The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas) · Newspapers.com
This theatre has been sold to Regal. http://www.kansas.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/carrie-rengers/article151485057.html
I was in the IMAX auditorium this afternoon and saw the “Avengers.” It was the 3rd week of the run and the place was packed! The line of sight is excellent as the stadium seating is staggered so no heads block your view and you also have plenty of leg room. There are no commercials before the feature, and they are proud of that fact. A manager greets the audience just before the show starts and announces the policies of the theatre. A nice light show is then projected on the waterfall curtain as the 2001 theme is played as the curtain raises it is a nice effect with the multi-colored lights. Some of the side lighting fixtures look a little plastic, but for the art-deco theme that may all one could get as well. The staff is friendly and the place is clean. Restrooms had lines in them after the show was over. For those of us in Kansas it is the only good screen to watch a movie on.
This theatre recently converted to all digital projection. In addition all auditoriums have THX sound and waterfall curtains, including the 600 seat IMAX auditorium.
A digital IMAX auditorium is being added to the 21st Street Warren Theatre. The 600-seat IMAX is expected to open by mid-December. The project will include remodeling and updating the theater’s existing 17 auditoriums as well.
A June 3 item on the Wichita Eagle web site includes three renderings of the project.
An August 20 Wichita Eagle item has photos depicting the progress of construction.