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Movies at Maplewood will open a new,
" six-screen theater on June 25.
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The new theater,at the southern end of
< the Maplewood Mall, will be almost
identical to the current one, according to
Jerry Siegel,district manager for United
Artists Theaters, which owns the theater
complex. Certain "state of the art" im-
• provements, like Dolby sound, will be
1 o included in the new theater, but the basic
• layout will be the same,Siegel continued.
F • With 12 screens and an audience
A • capacity of 3,600, Movies at Maplewood
C ' ;�• • will be one of the largest shopping center
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� theater complexes in the country, ac-
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,, �"•? .. :; <,. cording to Siegel. "It's definitely United
' � Y Artist's biggest complex,"Siegel said. "I
"N k g . ., don't know of any larger facility in any
-'- a g shopping center in the U.S.," he added.
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Getting enough good first-run films will
' be harder than filling the expanded
i 3 .� ��� theater facilities,according to Siegel. "If
n , we provide good films and comfortable
°! 3=- .' ,� s � � surroundings, the customers will take
, • a ' care of themselves,"he said. "But this is
,r. * " £ a very aggressive business, it's tough to
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1 ( get our representative share of first-run
4,-"‘"' ' ,, films," he added.
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Movies at Maplewood now employs 37
c ,� , people, nine full-time and the remainder
_: • high school students working part-time,
according to local manager Leo Vetter w rt � The employment figures will double when
the new theater opens.
FINAL TOUCHES ARE APPLIED to Movies at Maplewood II, including getting the
fsign in place.The new,six-screen theater will open Thursday,June 25. There will be an open house June 25
from 11 a.m.to 4 p.m.to give the publican
opportunity to look over the new theater.
There will be free refreshments and
prizes.The theater will open for business
on June 26 at 1 p.m.
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