Good news- construction has finally begun on this theater! The current owners of the building have partnered with ImaginAsian Entertainment, a conglomerate that owns The ImaginAsian theater in New York City as well as a cable network, ImaginAsian TV, to completely renovate the theater and open it back up. The name will be changed to The ImaginAsian Center or The ImaginAsian Center at Linda Lea (I’ve read both), and the programming will be all Asian and Asian American films. All films will be subtitled in English. There will also be multiple festivals and live events.
The theater will be completely gutted, and a new wall-to-wall screen installed. There will be deluxe stadium seating, as well as a VIP section. All new projectors and Dolby Digital EX surround sound will be installed, and the theater will be THX-certified. Beer and wine will be sold, and there will be a rooftop smoking deck/beer garden.
I’m excited- I moved into a condo on the block recently, and there’s a distinct lack of anything to do after dark. I was hoping someone would reopen the theater, but I’m delighted that it will maintain the asian roots of the original Linda Lea. I spoke to a representative of the owner in front of the theater last week- and they told me there were going to be all kinds of special events here, including a $2 kung fu matinee on the weekends!
She said opening was likely to be sometime this fall, as they first had to gut the building because it was all rotten inside after years of disuse.
Good news- construction has finally begun on this theater! The current owners of the building have partnered with ImaginAsian Entertainment, a conglomerate that owns The ImaginAsian theater in New York City as well as a cable network, ImaginAsian TV, to completely renovate the theater and open it back up. The name will be changed to The ImaginAsian Center or The ImaginAsian Center at Linda Lea (I’ve read both), and the programming will be all Asian and Asian American films. All films will be subtitled in English. There will also be multiple festivals and live events.
The theater will be completely gutted, and a new wall-to-wall screen installed. There will be deluxe stadium seating, as well as a VIP section. All new projectors and Dolby Digital EX surround sound will be installed, and the theater will be THX-certified. Beer and wine will be sold, and there will be a rooftop smoking deck/beer garden.
I’m excited- I moved into a condo on the block recently, and there’s a distinct lack of anything to do after dark. I was hoping someone would reopen the theater, but I’m delighted that it will maintain the asian roots of the original Linda Lea. I spoke to a representative of the owner in front of the theater last week- and they told me there were going to be all kinds of special events here, including a $2 kung fu matinee on the weekends!
She said opening was likely to be sometime this fall, as they first had to gut the building because it was all rotten inside after years of disuse.