Marcus Theatres® to Acquire Former OMNIMAX Theatre from Duluth Entertainment Convention Center

Marcus Theatres, a division of The Marcus Corporation MCS, today announced it will acquire the former OMNIMAX Theatre located in the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center adjacent to the company's 10-screen Duluth Cinema at 300 Harbor Drive. Marcus Theatres will convert the domed theatre, which closed in April 2011, to a nearly 70-foot-wide UltraScreen® auditorium. This will be the fourteenth UltraScreen in the company's circuit. Construction on the project will begin shortly, with an anticipated opening in late spring 2012. “The Duluth UltraScreen will be the ultimate visual entertainment experience featuring the latest MDX (Marcus Digital Xperience) technology from Marcus Theatres,” said Bruce J. Olson, president of Marcus Theatres. “Audiences will see and hear the latest Hollywood blockbusters like never before. Imagine amazingly pristine, incredibly sharp images projected on a wall-to-wall screen measuring almost 70-feet-wide and three-and-a-half stories tall. A 39,000 watt state-of-the-art 7.1 digital sound system featuring JBL's Academy Award winning Screen Array speaker system will create an audio experience that delivers a totally new level of excitement,” Olson added.