Cinema chain signs lease
A NATIONAL cinema chain has signed a 25-year lease with the company behind the £56million Smithfield development.
Although planning applications for the development have not yet been submitted, Liberty Mercian have signed the lease with Cineworld PLC, to operate the multiplex cinema which would comprise part of the Smithfield development; if it goes ahead.
Cineworld is the UK's second largest cinema chain with 77 cinemas across the country.
Community Connect, partners in the Smithfield project, say there was strong support for a cinema at a recent consultation.
The proposals for Oswestry's Cineworld are; five digital screens, 800 seats with drink holders and double seats for couples, snack kiosks and VIP boxes with table service for special occasions.
Digital screens would mean that events such as major football games or the Olympics could be screened.
A series of Opera from the New York Met has also been on offer at other Cineworlds.
Should the proposals go ahead, the cinema would be open seven-days-a-week from 1-11pm with early opening on Saturday mornings and late screenings on Friday and Saturday.
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Last Updated:
29 April 2008 9:15 AM
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