New cinema opening date

DerryRed

Any idea when the the new cinema on the old mart site is opening? Hopefully it has a better selection of films than the current cinema. Some decent films out this week and I have to go to Carlow or Waterford to see them.

sanjose1

I heard march but not sure. Im the same, traveling to Carlow to see Laurel n Hardy film, awful selection of films here as usual

Joe Daly

There was a shortage of electricans held up progress for a while they sorted that out as you can imagine a massive amount of electrical work on the site.

Joe Daly

Joe Daly wrote: »

There was a shortage of electricans held up progress for a while they sorted that out as you can imagine a massive amount of electrical work on the site.[


Passed there this morning the building seemed to be closed it looked like a lot of groundwork needs to be done out side

bamayang

Must be getting close. Saw a “cinema fitout” company van there the other day.

Nigel Fairservice

I'm a semi regular visitor to Kilkenny and I'm looking forward to this opening. I was always surprised Kilkenny didn't have a better cinema than it did. The one there was poor enough. I suppose Waterford and Carlow cinemas sucked in a lot of people from Kilkenny. Hopefully not anymore.

DerryRed

Anyone hear news yet on an opening date?

PooPooPooPoo

Fear not Derry Red, I PooPooPooPoo the cinema goer am in the process of finding this out for you.

To this end, I have contacted IMC Cinema Group via Electronic mail just this morning and I have asked them when will the new cinema open in Kilkenny.

When the respond to my polite communication, I shall share the opening date here for all to see.

Then we will know more and our question will be answered for all the world to see.

Have a groovy day.

PooPooPooPoo.

bamayang

Street lights going into the park lot this morning. A lot of 'finish touches' type work looks to be going on. Hopefully March will do a lot for it.

Bowlardo

PooPooPooPoo wrote: »

Fear not Derry Red, I PooPooPooPoo the cinema goer am in the process of finding this out for you.

To this end, I have contacted IMC Cinema Group via Electronic mail just this morning and I have asked them when will the new cinema open in Kilkenny.

When the respond to my polite communication, I shall share the opening date here for all to see.

Then we will know more and our question will be answered for all the world to see.

Have a groovy day.

PooPooPooPoo.

Hey PooPooPooPoo ,
Did they get back to you on when the cinema is opening?

Also heard Ben Dunne gym is going to open in the old cinema

road_high

Bowlardo wrote: »

Hey PooPooPooPoo ,
Did they get back to you on when the cinema is opening?

Also heard Ben Dunne gym is going to open in the old cinema

Is the old cinema closing? I thought i heard before it was becoming an art house cinema or something

biffontour

Bowlardo wrote: »

Hey PooPooPooPoo ,
Did they get back to you on when the cinema is opening?

Also heard Ben Dunne gym is going to open in the old cinema

It would be great if Ben Dunne gym opened up in Kilkenny, will bring a bit of completion to prices, was in several of his gyms in Dublin, hopefully ðŸ‘

Nigel Fairservice

I passed it this weekend. Looks nearly ready to go. Paving still to be done on the outside. A gym makes sense given the size of the site of the old cinema. Gyms tend to have decent floor spaces. I'd love an art house cinema in Kilkenny but not sure Kilkenny could sustain one.

PooPooPooPoo

Bowlardo wrote: »

Hey PooPooPooPoo ,
Did they get back to you on when the cinema is opening?

Also heard Ben Dunne gym is going to open in the old cinema

Hello Bowlardo, the people at IMC did not take it upon themselves to reply to PooPooPooPoo yet unfortunately. I will send them another quick message and post the result!

PooPooPooPoo

IMC replied and they couldn't give an open date (or month) so it might be a little while even though it looks good from the outside.

coolisin

This really looks like it should be opening soon but the lack of fanfare has me worried it could be a long time yet.

JoeyDoh

Any update on this lads? Looks like serious work being done.

Bowlardo

Surely to go it will be open for the avengers end game

coolisin

Apparently not!
I messaged them on Facebook to ask

JoeyDoh

coolisin wrote: »

Apparently not!
I messaged them on Facebook to ask

Did they give you a timeline at all?

kilkennykitten

I was talking to a guy working in the old Cinema and he says the new one should be open before the Avengers movie so fingers crossed

coolisin

Thats really stupid from IMC head office or whoever is running their social media channels as I asked and they told me nope, they do not see it being open in time, so I booked tickets in Carlow!!

bertie4evr

The new cinema is up on the website as a booking option.

RobertKK

bertie4evr wrote: »

The new cinema is up on the website as a booking option.

Andre Rieu, 27th July 2019.

Virtanen

Late notice, but opening today, showing a few films

Nothing else scheduled until July atm, so not sure if it's a full opening or just a soft launch

https://www.facebook.com/imccinemagroup/posts/1876953155742965

coolisin

Few things popping up now.
Kind of a surprise opening announcement on Facebook.

halfforward

There's only 4 of the screens opening this weekend, the rest are not ready yet.

coolisin

I was in at the weekend.

Walked into screen 3 and impressed with the size of the screen, however image was only centered for dumbo.
Do we have an info on the other screens in the building and size wise?

I hope they sort out the Aircon cause the low dialogue in the movie I could barely hear over the Fan noise.

Seats are nice, not so sure about the cover with plenty of space between rows. No booster seats for the smaller people in attendance.
Nice to see a serious cinema like this in area.

But a €2 service charge for buying my ticket at the till was a little much.
Very Much a soft opening anyway couple screens open, and none of the digital signage ready and wires hanging out of walls in places!

Tipsy McSwagger

They are showing The Goonies, that’s me in love with them already.

Yamanoto

coolisin wrote: »

I hope they sort out the Aircon cause the low dialogue in the movie I could barely hear over the Fan noise.

I mentioned it to them at the start of pet semetary and it was then turned off.

The other issue was red lighting on the steps in the cinema reflected off the screen & gave scenes a pinkish hue.

Hoping all that'll be ironed out.

About time KK had a decent spot to catch a film.

Nigel Fairservice

I'm looking forward to checking the place out.