THE ULTIMATE CINEMA EXPERIENCE IS COMING TO NEWBURY

Vue Entertainment, the UK’s leading developer and operator of state-of-the-art multiplex cinemas is delighted to officially announce that the long-awaited £2.5 million cinema will open its doors on Friday November 13th 2009.  

Newbury residents will be amazed by this stunning seven-screen, 1,000 capacity stadium seated cinema, featuring a great selection of movies presented using the latest 35mm and Digital projection on its wall to wall, floor to ceiling screens, for the highest possible standards of picture and sound quality. The cinema will also feature Vue’s latest thinking in cinema design, including ‘VIP Seating’ in all screens, that will create a luxurious environment for cinema-goers to relax and enjoy their chosen movie, as well as the very latest high definition 3D digital technology.  

The cinema will be open in time for some of this year’s biggest blockbusters, including; vampire adventures and romances in 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon', epic disasters in 2012, 3D magic in A Christmas Carol and James Cameron’s long awaited and highly anticipated groundbreaking 3D movie, Avatar.

Vue Newbury will be located on the corner of Cheap Street and Market Street and is part of a £7.8m development of the Kennet Shopping Centre, which will see the existing centre transformed to provide five additional restaurants, as well as the new Vue cinema.


Vue Entertainment’s CEO Tim Richards says: “After years without a cinema in the town, we are delighted to open a Vue cinema in Newbury. We believe this cinema offers an unrivalled level of cinema entertainment in a unique environment, delivered by our fantastic local team.  We look forward to welcoming and serving the local community of Newbury for many years to come.”

For the latest news on the development and to register your details to receive news, offers and film times, visit http://www.myvue.com/newbury

Fast Facts:
-     7 screen cinema
-     1,000 seats
-     Fully Licensed
-     159 VIP Seating  
-     2 x 3D screens
-     Disabled access throughout


About Vue Entertainment

Vue Entertainment is one of the UK’s leading multiplex developers and operators of state of the art multiplex cinemas. Formed in May 2003 with the acquisition of Warner Village Cinemas, Vue is one of the fastest growing cinema companies in the country. Having acquired the Ster Century cinema chain at the end of April 2005, Vue announced a management buyout in June 2006 in partnership with Bank of Scotland Corporate, through its Integrated Finance Team in a deal valued in the region of £350 million. The recent opening of the cinema in Eastleigh brings Vue Entertainment’s circuit to 66 sites with a total of 641 screens in the UK and Ireland which continues its impressive expansion following recent openings of multiplexes at The O2 Greenwich, Thanet, Hull, Stirling, Merthyr Tydfil, Cwmbran, and Camberley.

Vue has won many accolades for its service and innovations over the years including the prestigious award for International Exhibitor of the Year at Cinema Expo 2005 and for the third consecutive year, the UK Cinema of the Year RAAM award 2006, 2007 and 2008.
CEO Tim Richards was awarded the title of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006 and he also won the Leisure Report Individual of the Year award.

I'm a very rare cinema goer but I'm actually getting quite excited.

What no restaurants?

I am glad that the cinema is opening in Newbury. I remember the days as a child my parents took me off to the old cinema down park way. With the opening of this cinema there will no more driving 20 miles to Basingstoke to take our kids to the cinema. Something for parents and kids to go to at last locally. Newbury is being modernised. The new cinema has taken twenty years to be built. How come in such a wealthy middle class town we are so far behind!!

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I am glad that the cinema is opening in Newbury. I remember the days as a child my parents took me off to the old cinema down park way. With the opening of this cinema there will no more driving 20 miles to Basingstoke to take our kids to the cinema. Something for parents and kids to go to at last locally. Newbury is being modernised. The new cinema has taken twenty years to be built. How come in such a wealthy middle class town we are so far behind!!

Because the council needed the money and for the development to be in town (footfall has been in decline).  This wouldn't happen without a tax payer's subsidy.  This could have happened sooner and without the subsidy, but the council would have lost some topographic control.

UPDATE

Here are the first films you can look forward to and plan to see next week

http://www.myvue.com/cinemas/index.asp?cn=1&ln=1&ci=96

Ooh good. Get user to post on the WBC intranet. After all, I heard that WBC had handed view a VIP list of 200 people! Sadly, they missed me off, so I'll have to sit in the Supreme Leader's seat. Hope he'll share his popcorn with me.

Quoted from FactFile

UPDATE

Here are the first films you can look forward to and plan to see next week

http://www.myvue.com/cinemas/index.asp?cn=1&ln=1&ci=96

Very good!  Will we be able to book specific seats like we can at Festival Place?  I hope so - hate sitting at the front. Hate it so much I'd rather drive to Amazingstoke if we can't.  

Quoted from noobree

Very good!  Will we be able to book specific seats like we can at Festival Place?  I hope so - hate sitting at the front. Hate it so much I'd rather drive to Amazingstoke if we can't.  

Yes you can book in advance as i have done, so save some fuel money and stay in Newbury

Quoted from noobree

Very good!  Will we be able to book specific seats like we can at Festival Place?  I hope so - hate sitting at the front. Hate it so much I'd rather drive to Amazingstoke if we can't.  

You can book specific seats.

Quoted from jamoza

You can book specific seats.

Good. I am having the Supreme Leader's

Quoted from Meddler

Good. I am having the Supreme Leader's

Then make sure its not plugged in...