Mart Site Sold

fraido

Staff were hired and unit in mcdonagh junction where Only was was to be the new store but it seems to have all fallen through. Staff that were hired left and the unit is currently empty. Heard a rumour about them opening in October of this year but who knows.

road_high

fraido wrote: »

Staff were hired and unit in mcdonagh junction where Only was was to be the new store but it seems to have all fallen through. Staff that were hired left and the unit is currently empty. Heard a rumour about them opening in October of this year but who knows.

Yea was in there the other day and it looked like work had stopped. Wonder did Boots object or problems with the contract/lease on the unit ?

imacman

Anyone heard of an opening date for the new cinema, it seems to be very close to a finish now.I imagine they will want to be open Avengers End Game on the 25th of April

imacman

I passed by last night around 8 o clock and the lights were on inside you could see guys still working so looks like they are pushing to the finish

road_high

Who has the old Lifestyles sports unit? My guess is DV8 clothing as they appear to be opening a new store.

1984baby

imacman wrote: »

Anyone heard of an opening date for the new cinema, it seems to be very close to a finish now.I imagine they will want to be open Avengers End Game on the 25th of April

Personally, I can’t see it opening until June/July at the earliest

road_high

1984baby wrote: »

Personally, I can’t see it opening until June/July at the earliest

It looks very unfinished still. And it’s april now

Joe Daly

Do ye think they have gone over there time frame on the construction of the cinema.

imacman

Kilkenny barrack street has been recently added to the IMC cinema listings

robwen

Cinema opened tonight, apparently..


https://www.kilkennypeople.ie/news/home/375762/breaking-new-12-screen-cinema-opens-in-kilkenny-city.html

Joe Daly

Good to see life back in the old mart badly needed.

imacman

Was there at the weekend and its great, screens are super sharp and the seats are really comfortable with loads of leg room.Seemed to be a soft launch this week as there is still work to be done around the site.
There is no signage or posters and some of the screens outside the door telling you whats on in that screen wasn't working.Also the down stairs is incomplete and the other entrance inst open yet. It will probably be fully done for the bank holiday weekend. I wonder whats going to happen with the old one.

hi5

It still needs some tidying on the outside.
Is the car park free and how are they going to stop non patrons using it?

imacman

Seems to be free , I didn't see any signs about restrictions but maybe they just are erected yet

toe_knee

Was there at the weekend too. Soft opening as already stated. Was speaking to the manager and she said only 5 of the screen LS are open.
A lot of things still not setup or working. Drinks machine was not working or the popcorn warmer.
They put the wrong film on for us and we had to go out and tell them. About 20 minutes later they got the right one on.
Chairs were very comfy
Cinema was freezing cold as the air con seemed to be on full blast and not many people in there. I was in screen 8 which is pretty small and there was only 8 of us in there.

road_high

imacman wrote: »

Seems to be free , I didn't see any signs about restrictions but maybe they just are erected yet

I doubt that will continue. They’ll be completely blocked up with non customers if they don’t restrict it

laneykin

Hoping to go in this weekend to see what it's like. There seems to be a lot of movies on the website for the weekend so hopefully that means more screens open and one step closer to having it fully open.

robwen

https://kilkennynow.ie/kilkennys-old-cinema-will-not-close-despite-opening-of-12-screen-imc-theatre/?fbclid=IwAR1K6etj9R9W31I4FBvc7-1CEHenx49IV95BQVk-18Q7we3p1ubam1Kzxp0

Keeping the old cinema open along with the new one

bamayang

Any plans for the other half of the mart site? See a digger or two in there this week but couldn’t be at much as two diggers on a site that size would be there for a year just trying to clear off the weeds!

PaulKK

robwen wrote: »

https://kilkennynow.ie/kilkennys-old-cinema-will-not-close-despite-opening-of-12-screen-imc-theatre/?fbclid=IwAR1K6etj9R9W31I4FBvc7-1CEHenx49IV95BQVk-18Q7we3p1ubam1Kzxp0

Keeping the old cinema open along with the new one

That's a bit of a surprise but more choice can't be bad. Carlow seems to be able to support 2 cinemas so why not Kilkenny.

FunkyJunky6969

PaulKK wrote: »

That's a bit of a surprise but more choice can't be bad. Carlow seems to be able to support 2 cinemas so why not Kilkenny.

Very surprising they are keeping the two cinemas going and didn't move the current staff over to the new cinema.

Carlow has a 3 screen Omniplex Cinema and a 8 screen IMC so the Omniplex offers a different experience and different deals on certain days. It only opens at 5pm during the week as well and Carlow has the student population to visit the cinemas regularly.

The two in Kilkenny are both IMC offering the same thing there is no way the old cinema will compete with the 12 screen cinema. Very poor on the cinema owners hiring new staff for the new cinema and not moving the current staff over.

PaulKK

FunkyJunky6969 wrote: »

Very poor on the cinema owners hiring new staff for the new cinema and not moving the current staff over.

Is it? If they believe they can sustain both than why move the staff?

FunkyJunky6969

PaulKK wrote: »

Is it? If they believe they can sustain both than why move the staff?

Believing and fact are two separate things. Why would people in Kilkenny pay their hard earned money for an inferior facility in the old 4 screen cinema, when they can pay the same money in a much upgraded newer 12 screen cinema less than 10 minutes away. It's common sense. To have enough people going to maintain 16 screens between the two cinemas, not a chance !

linny

I was goin to go to new cinema other eve looked online for ticket 10€ compared to 5.50€ in the old
With such big price difference old will win hands down with me 😆

FunkyJunky6969

linny wrote: »

I was goin to go to new cinema other eve looked online for ticket 10€ compared to 5.50€ in the old
With such big price difference old will win hands down with me ��

The new cinema might not have all the offers for each day i.e the Monday offer is not active yet but probably will over time.

hi5

If Dunnes Stores can keep two supermarkets going then IMC can keep two cinemas going:D

I think the old cinema might be good for more specialised indie type films.

FunkyJunky6969

hi5 wrote: »

If Dunnes Stores can keep two supermarkets going then IMC can keep two cinemas going:D

I think the old cinema might be good for more specialised indie type films.

That example of Dunnes keeping the two stores going is like comparing apples with oranges

The much larger cinema has more choice of films and better facilities and parking.

People would come to McDonagh to do their weekly shop and would browse around the shopping centre they have a reason to go there. Lots of housing estates and people nearby to shop in Dunnes there.The same on Kieran St you would go there because it's convenient to do so.

When people have a choice of seeing Avengers end game in a old dated cinema or a new upgraded cinema which one do you think people would choose ?

Mankbag

hi5 wrote: »

If Dunnes Stores can keep two supermarkets going then IMC can keep two cinemas going:D

I think the old cinema might be good for more specialised indie type films.

Daft comparison, as has been pointed out above.

Nobody will be putting on specialised indie type films in the old cinema because nobody - apart from two or three arty farty types - will be going to see them. If there was a market for such films in Kilkenny it would have become apparent a long time ago. In any case there's plenty of room in the new cinema for niche movies.

IMC aren't going to be keeping the old cinema open for a non-existent indie market. I'll be amazed if the place hasn't been sold by the end of the year.

FunkyJunky6969

Mankbag wrote: »

Daft comparison, as has been pointed out above.

Nobody will be putting on specialised indie type films in the old cinema because nobody - apart from two or three arty farty types - will be going to see them. If there was a market for such films in Kilkenny it would have become apparent a long time ago. In any case there's plenty of room in the new cinema for niche movies.

IMC aren't going to be keeping the old cinema open for a non-existent indie market. I'll be amazed if the place hasn't been sold by the end of the year.

Thank you for agreeing with me. That's true that if they are niche movies they can be facilitated in a 12 screen cinema.

The old cinema will close down it's only a matter of time.

I just feel sorry for the staff in there they have been shafted by the owners !

imacman

FunkyJunky6969 wrote: »

Believing and fact are two separate things. Why would people in Kilkenny pay their hard earned money for an inferior facility in the old 4 screen cinema, when they can pay the same money in a much upgraded newer 12 screen cinema less than 10 minutes away. It's common sense. To have enough people going to maintain 16 screens between the two cinemas, not a chance !

Have to agree , its works in Waterford as they have a bigger population and the cinemas are owned by different companies. The renovated Omniplex is really nice and the Odeon is good too so they complete against each other. How can 2 cinemas from the same company do that especially when one is new and shiny .Over the last 6 months I actually thought they were just letting the old one run down until it closed as they didn't fix broken urinals in the mens and generally the place has become quite grubby. Cant see the old one lasting in the long term .