News: Film fans get an advance preview as Rotherham cinema opens early
The new Arc Cinema in Rotherham is open for bookings from this week as the Forge Island site welcomes film fans ahead of an official launch event next month.
The move coincides with National Cinema Day on August 31 and means that film fans will be able to catch summer blockbusters including Deadpool & Wolverine, Alien Romulus, Twisters and Bad Boys 4, along with family films such as Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4 with ticket prices starting from £4.
Forge Island is the town centre's new landmark leisure destination being delivered by Rotherham Council in partnership with Muse. The £47m development includes an 8-screen boutique cinema operated by The Arc Cinema, a 69-roomed Travelodge Hotel as well as two independent restaurants - The Rustic Pizza Company and Cafe Noor.
Rothbiz reported last week that the Irish cinema operator had confirmed that an advance preview of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is set to take place on September 5, with an official launch on September 6 at the new site, the first cinema in Rotherham town centre for over 30 years.
Arc said that it was "thrilled to announce that we’ll be opening our doors a whole week earlier than planned for special preview screenings."
Arc has 12 locations spanning across the UK and Ireland with three more in the works.
Positioned at the south of the former home of the Rotherham Forge & Rolling Mills, the design of the new Rotherham cinema looked to the strong industrial heritage of the site which was historically home to a foundry and an iron works.
The cinema will have two flagship Hypersense screens, including Dolby Atmos sound, a giant screen and a 4K Laser projector – which creates a truly immersive experience. Additionally, it will also have six medium-sized screens that provide an intimate atmosphere for smaller showings – perfect for Arc's popular events like ‘Silver Screen’ and ‘Kids club’ which will be launching in Rotherham.
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National Cinema Day has cinemas up and down the country, including Arc Cinemas, celebrating with £4 tickets.
Regular prices are around £6 for standard screenings and £8 for Hypersense screenings. Offers include £5 tickets for students and for Second Chance Cinema on Mondays, plus £5 prices for the over 60s on Thursdays afternoons. Thursday evenings are designated Date Nights with tickets at £14 per couple.
The Kids Club is £3.50 for family-friendly showings every Saturday & Sunday around 11am and every morning during school holidays. The chain also takes part in Meerkat Movies, offering 2-for-1 cinema tickets every Tuesday and Wednesday.
And cinema-goers will also be able to park at Forge Island for free.
Laura Vickers, the newly appointed General Manager of The Arc Cinema Rotherham, said: “We’re absolutely delighted to be able to open our doors earlier than expected. This is a fantastic opportunity for our team to get to know our new community and for Rotherham to experience the unique cinematic experience we’ve worked so hard to create. We can’t wait to welcome you all and start sharing the magic of the movies with you.”
Arc Cinema website
Images: ARC / Facebook
The move coincides with National Cinema Day on August 31 and means that film fans will be able to catch summer blockbusters including Deadpool & Wolverine, Alien Romulus, Twisters and Bad Boys 4, along with family films such as Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4 with ticket prices starting from £4.
Forge Island is the town centre's new landmark leisure destination being delivered by Rotherham Council in partnership with Muse. The £47m development includes an 8-screen boutique cinema operated by The Arc Cinema, a 69-roomed Travelodge Hotel as well as two independent restaurants - The Rustic Pizza Company and Cafe Noor.
Rothbiz reported last week that the Irish cinema operator had confirmed that an advance preview of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is set to take place on September 5, with an official launch on September 6 at the new site, the first cinema in Rotherham town centre for over 30 years.
Arc said that it was "thrilled to announce that we’ll be opening our doors a whole week earlier than planned for special preview screenings."
Arc has 12 locations spanning across the UK and Ireland with three more in the works.
Positioned at the south of the former home of the Rotherham Forge & Rolling Mills, the design of the new Rotherham cinema looked to the strong industrial heritage of the site which was historically home to a foundry and an iron works.
The cinema will have two flagship Hypersense screens, including Dolby Atmos sound, a giant screen and a 4K Laser projector – which creates a truly immersive experience. Additionally, it will also have six medium-sized screens that provide an intimate atmosphere for smaller showings – perfect for Arc's popular events like ‘Silver Screen’ and ‘Kids club’ which will be launching in Rotherham.
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National Cinema Day has cinemas up and down the country, including Arc Cinemas, celebrating with £4 tickets.
Regular prices are around £6 for standard screenings and £8 for Hypersense screenings. Offers include £5 tickets for students and for Second Chance Cinema on Mondays, plus £5 prices for the over 60s on Thursdays afternoons. Thursday evenings are designated Date Nights with tickets at £14 per couple.
The Kids Club is £3.50 for family-friendly showings every Saturday & Sunday around 11am and every morning during school holidays. The chain also takes part in Meerkat Movies, offering 2-for-1 cinema tickets every Tuesday and Wednesday.
And cinema-goers will also be able to park at Forge Island for free.
Laura Vickers, the newly appointed General Manager of The Arc Cinema Rotherham, said: “We’re absolutely delighted to be able to open our doors earlier than expected. This is a fantastic opportunity for our team to get to know our new community and for Rotherham to experience the unique cinematic experience we’ve worked so hard to create. We can’t wait to welcome you all and start sharing the magic of the movies with you.”
Arc Cinema website
Images: ARC / Facebook
28 comments:
Any updates on potential operator's for the vacant restaurant/bar units,think for development to have any chance of success,it will need more than a pizza place and coffee shop.
Congratulations to the Arc team - I really hope the town gets behind this.
Lovely Stuff!
Yep hope these units get filled sharpish, as they are needed to make the area a success.
Having visited Forge Island this weekend they have done a good job in redeveloping the area giving it a much more modern feel. The underground car park does not seem finished to the same standard and looked poorly finished. The stairs/lift area in particular have lots of rough bare concrete and patches where they have already had to make repairs. It had the appearance of a back of house fire escape rather than the main entrance to Forge Island. I'm hoping this is temporary due to the early opening and that this will be finished and painted to a higher standard. If left as it is is will very quickly look run down in a few months.
Visited the cinema with wife and kids and thought it excellent. Will definitely go there regularly.
Are there plenty of cycle bays?
Get an early night, it's back to school tomorrow.
Loved being able to go to the cinema in Rotherham again after all these years. Well done Arc.
Best thing to happen in thr town since New York Stadium!
Yeah it's a lovely little stadium
Is there any news on when the coffee shop and Pizza restaurant are opening?
Brilliant
The family fun day on Forge Island next week should be really good.
Yeah for the groomers
What a vile and inappropriate comment.
True though
Do you make these types of comments at any event aimed at children?
No just events in Rotherham
How weird!
If an opening event at a Cinema triggers grooming as your first thought then I think you have a problem and should seek professional help.
Maybe the council can help me with that
Or help yourself by finding something positive to channel your energy into rather than spouting rubbish online.
So it never happened then? Were you a Rotherham councillor from that era by any chance?
I don't recall ever reading anything on this website where anyone has ever denied the grooming scandal, though I don't see how commenting about groomers has any relevance to an article on a business website about a cinema opening. Rotherham is not defined by issues of the past but how we choose to move forward.
Change the record mate
The post was in response to a comment, not the article. Facts dear boy!
Ok boomer
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