Movie Megaplexes Are Moving Downtown
26 August 2000 - 8:00am
Today's generation of movie emporiums are bringing the lights and action downtown -- in a new way.
Cities from Albuquerque to Pittsburgh are avidly building movie megaplexes in their respective downtown areas. The main reasons for this upsurge include: growing downtown populations, theater innovations that enhance the movie-going experience, diversification of developers' risk, improved urban management and constraints on suburban locations. (This article is not available on the Planning Magazine website.)
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Planning Magazine, August 22, 2000
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