10-plex theater opens at Concourse Plaza in BX.10-plex theater opens at Concourse Plaza in BX National Amusements National Amusements, Inc. is a privately owned media and entertainment company based in Dedham, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1936 as the Northeast Theatre Corporation by Michael Redstone. will celebrate the opening of its new cinema at Concourse Plaza Shopping Center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into in the Bronx on Thursday, June 27. The announcement was made by Bernard J. Rosenshein, president of Rosenshein Associates, New Rochelle New Rochelle (rōshĕl`), city (1990 pop. 67,625), Westchester co., SE N.Y., on Long Island Sound; settled by Huguenots 1688, inc. as a village 1858, as a city 1899. , New York-based owner and developer of Concourse Plaza. The new 10-screen Multiplex Cinema will seat more than 3,000 patrons and feature two state-of-the-art Dolby sound system, and 70mm projection with the prestigious Lucas film THX A design system that provides realistic sound playback for movie and home theater from THX, Ltd., San Rafael, CA (www.thx.com), an independent spin-off from Lucasfilm, Ltd. The THX Sound System was developed during the production of the Return of the Jedi in 1982 and named after George certification. National Amusements, based in Dedham, Massachusettes, currently owns and operates more than 675 indoor movie and drive-in screens throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and United Kingdom. Concourse Plaza, which opened to the public on May 19, is a $150 million privately funded, mixed-use development with 250,000 square feet of retail space, anchored by a 60,000- square-foot |super' Waldbaums, a 30,000-square-foot glass-domed Food Court with 12 restaurants, a 10-story 200,000- square-foot office building, and multi-level, on-site parking for 1,200 cars. |
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