i haven’t been here since near the grand opening, before it was an amc, and the experience was fine; there weren’t a lot of people or staff there, and i think the main concession area (underneath the lobby escalators?) hadn’t been finished yet and/or wasn’t open, but the seat and sound quality i remember being great, but it was basically brand new at that point. haven’t been back since, but newer theaters seem to generally age better than older ones, as they seem to tend to be built with higher-quality materials than they used to be (or maybe those theaters are just..really old).
but yeah i’m also surprised they didn’t further upgrade the idx auditorium. i do recall seeing it listed as “etx” for a while around the time of conversion to an amc, but it looks like amc might’ve sunsetted that into just “prime” (like they did with the auditorium at tysons before it eventually became dolby cinema). actually nevermind i just searched and the url for etx (amctheatres.com/etx/showtimes) now redirects to bigd theaters, which seem to be largely the “amc classic” ones (which i guess are the former carmikes), which this is not. seems like a missed opportunity to have most of the premium format screen work done, and be able to upcharge, which, given the area seems like it’d be a very reasonable return on investment.
i haven’t been here since near the grand opening, before it was an amc, and the experience was fine; there weren’t a lot of people or staff there, and i think the main concession area (underneath the lobby escalators?) hadn’t been finished yet and/or wasn’t open, but the seat and sound quality i remember being great, but it was basically brand new at that point. haven’t been back since, but newer theaters seem to generally age better than older ones, as they seem to tend to be built with higher-quality materials than they used to be (or maybe those theaters are just..really old).
but yeah i’m also surprised they didn’t further upgrade the idx auditorium. i do recall seeing it listed as “etx” for a while around the time of conversion to an amc, but it looks like amc might’ve sunsetted that into just “prime” (like they did with the auditorium at tysons before it eventually became dolby cinema). actually nevermind i just searched and the url for etx (amctheatres.com/etx/showtimes) now redirects to bigd theaters, which seem to be largely the “amc classic” ones (which i guess are the former carmikes), which this is not. seems like a missed opportunity to have most of the premium format screen work done, and be able to upcharge, which, given the area seems like it’d be a very reasonable return on investment.