The Prospect Mall has been eyeing its impending doom ever since being bought out by the same folks who are redevloping Bayshore Mall
(I don’t recall who they are just now). They have held off demolishing the theater because they wanted to see what developed with the Kennilworth project and St. Mary’s expansion first. There had been rumors that the lease would be bought off of Marcus for a few years. My understanding is that they have not decided whether to demolish the building or just gut it and rebuild the exterior.
I used to work as projectionist and assistant manager at the Prospect Mall Cinema. I have to take the other commentator to task for some of their assertions. First off, it does have a parking lot and always has. It is merely accross Prospect Ave. from the mall. Secondly, I think that it is inaccurate to say that it was intended as competition to the Oriental since we run quite different films. they have more foreign/independent fare wereas the Prospect Mall ran mostly Hollywood films. We never, ever screened the same film at the same time as each other.
I do have to agree that the decor is pretty much non-existant. But what you do get at Prospect Mall that most theaters don’t have is cheap tickets (at last check it was $6.50 for regular admission), fairly empty theaters so you can sit where you like, and fresh popcorn.
It is also worth noting that anything showing in screen three will not have DTS since that is the only one not wired for it, but that the image is usually better because there is a shorter throw.
The Prospect Mall has been eyeing its impending doom ever since being bought out by the same folks who are redevloping Bayshore Mall
(I don’t recall who they are just now). They have held off demolishing the theater because they wanted to see what developed with the Kennilworth project and St. Mary’s expansion first. There had been rumors that the lease would be bought off of Marcus for a few years. My understanding is that they have not decided whether to demolish the building or just gut it and rebuild the exterior.
I used to work as projectionist and assistant manager at the Prospect Mall Cinema. I have to take the other commentator to task for some of their assertions. First off, it does have a parking lot and always has. It is merely accross Prospect Ave. from the mall. Secondly, I think that it is inaccurate to say that it was intended as competition to the Oriental since we run quite different films. they have more foreign/independent fare wereas the Prospect Mall ran mostly Hollywood films. We never, ever screened the same film at the same time as each other.
I do have to agree that the decor is pretty much non-existant. But what you do get at Prospect Mall that most theaters don’t have is cheap tickets (at last check it was $6.50 for regular admission), fairly empty theaters so you can sit where you like, and fresh popcorn.
It is also worth noting that anything showing in screen three will not have DTS since that is the only one not wired for it, but that the image is usually better because there is a shorter throw.