Ashbourne cinema

jack321 wrote: »

June

Where did you hear June? Anything official i.e. press release from last year was saying May. Plus it looks fairly finished these days; I thought it might be ahead of schedule.

I reckon they might do better than before, which is good news for the town. A night out at the cinema is a hell of a lot cheaper than the pub, especially in Ashbourne.

as from marywallace.ie website july news.
"He is programmed to hand over the building on the 16th March next year when the operator will fit out and it is expected that blockbuster movies will be shown in Ashbourne Cinema in May 2009."
He refering to the builder, a cinema fitter will take over the cinema from march 16th to kit it out ready for may opening !
Sanerah not sure about an answer to your question but here is the website for the new cinema
http://www.showtimecinemas.ie/
under construction , you could ask them when the website gets going

That_Guy wrote: »

How many screens is the cinema does anyone know?

It's 6 screens from what I heard, pretty average for a town of Ashbourne's size.

They have a Bus Eireann bus in the Ashbourne/Ratoath area with a big ad for the Showtime Cinema on the back, got it in this morning.

I hope they try and drum up a good bit of publicity for this as it's going to be an uphill battle from the word go. Ashbournians have gone to the cinema in Blanch (and Swords to a lesser extent) for years and the city centre is only 30-40 minutes away at off-peak times.

Another thing; because this new cinema is on the outskirts of the town, people will probably drive there - which is fine as there seems to be plenty spaces in the car park. But if you're in the car already and have other things to get, you might just decide to head on to Blanch.

This cinema should look at ensuring they have piles of leaflets in every shop and newsagent in the town, showing cinema times and how to book. Don't waste money advertising in the Meath Chronicle as no-one in Ashbourne reads it. They should also look at doing a deal with a local restaurant, where you could buy a meal for two in Ashbourne and get a discounted ticket to the cinema.

Maybe look at the film club idea that's already been mentioned here, maybe just keep the ticket price below €9 or 2 for 1 on nibbles (I know this is how they make money but they have to differentiate themselves from other cinemas in the area). And given Ashbourne is such a young town, maybe do that thing they have in Vue Cinemas, where they have over-18's screenings, regardless of the film's classification, so that adults can watch a movie in peace.

Anyway, I'm very excited about it all; I go to the cinema a lot and this should be a good one.

ChristinaIndigo wrote: »

4home is completely dead. Heard a rumour the other day actually that it's closing, anyone hear anything??????

It'd be a pity if they closed, I dropped into them the other day for some weed & feed (Jesus could I be more suburban??) and they were completely sold-out of everything bar big sacks of the stuff. So I thought maybe they're doing ok here - perhaps not.

I think that all retailers in the Ashbourne area need to realise just how many of us aren't in Ashbourne until between 6 and 7pm on a weekday because we work in Dublin. 4Home are open until 7pm on Thursday and Friday but other than that, it's 6 hours on Satuday and another 6 on Sunday.

Opening til 9pm should be looked at by more shops; everyone in Ashbourne shopped in Finglas until Victory Value opened and no-one opened past 7pm until Tesco came along; now you can shop til midnight and as a result, I wouldn't be surprised if Tesco did a good trade in the kind of things 4Home might sell.

Anyway, this has nothing to do with the cinema. Someone said earlier that the website is going live tomorrow, I'll be in there like a light.