Rave Cinemas , formerly known as "Rave Motion Pictures", is a cinema brand founded in 1999 and owned by Cinemark Theaters. Previously led by Thomas W. Stephenson, Jr., former CEO of the Hollywood Theater, and Rolando B. Rodriguez, former Vice President and Regional General Manager for Walmart in Illinois and northern Indiana. The chain was headquartered in Dallas, Texas until it was acquired by Cinemark Theater based in Plano.
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Company history
Rave Cinemas, LLC was formed in late 2009 by TowerBrook Capital Partners and investors Lambert Media Group and Charles B Moss, Jr. Rave Cinemas then acquired four properties, corporate infrastructure, and leadership, and the Rave Motion Pictures brand from Boston Ventures has Rave Cinema, LLC (RRC). The PRC continues to have 21 other properties that will operate under the "Rave Motion Pictures" branding under a management service agreement with Rave Cinemas, LLC. Along with the PRC acquisition, Rave Cinemas, LLC, purchased business and real estate operations from 35 properties owned by National Amusements, Inc. (NAI), the parent company of Viacom and CBS Corporation. The former NAI assets were renamed "Rave Motions Pictures" in the second quarter of 2010.
In October 2012, Rave Review Cinemas, LLC, signed an agreement to sell 16 theaters with 251 screens to Carmike Cinemas for $ 19 million in cash and $ 100.4 million of lease obligations. Of the 16 theaters purchased, six in Alabama, four in Florida, two in Indiana, and one each in Illinois, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Texas. Prior to the sale of Rave owned or managed 62 cinema and 939 screens located in 21 countries across the country.
In November 2012, Cinemark signed an agreement to buy 32 Rave Cinemas locations for $ 240 million. Sales must get antitrust approval. Only two locations remain under the Rave Cinema umbrella after the Cinemark sale is complete, but there is much speculation in the industry that these two remaining locations will be sold or closed.
On November 27, 2012, the AMC Theater entered into an agreement to purchase four Rave Review Cinemas, cinema LLC not purchased by Carmike Cinemas, Cinemark, or Starplex. Of the four theaters were bought, two were in Louisiana, and one in Alabama and Florida.
On January 4, 2013, the AMC Theater entered into another agreement to purchase six Rave Cinema theaters which were not purchased by Carmike Cinemas, Cinemark or Starplex. Of the six theaters being acquired, two in Ohio, one in North Carolina, one in Nevada, one in Nebraska and one in California.
On May 10, 2013, Starplex Cinemas bought Berlin 12 located in Kensington, CT from Rave Cinemas.
On May 29th, 2013, sales of Rave Cinema to Cinemark Theaters finished. Cinemark was also asked to sell Rave Stonybrook 20 IMAX theater in Louisville, Kentucky, Rave Ritz Center 16 in southern New Jersey, and Rick Hickory Creek 16 in Hickory Creek, Texas or Cinemark 14 in Denton, Texas for the purchase of Rave Cinemas. In addition, Cinemark chairman Lee Roy Mitchell was also asked to sell Movie Tavern Inc. to the Southern Theaters. Some former Rave locations now have the Cinemark brand.
On July 18, 2013, Carmike Cinemas announced that it would buy Stonybrook 20 & amp; IMAX, Ritz Center 16 and Hickory Creek 16 cinemas from Rave Cinemas, a division of Cinemark. Cinemark stores Cinemark 14 in Denton, Texas. With this change, Hickory Creek will stick with Screenvision. Louisville KY and Voorhees NJ will move on to Screenvision from National CineMedia. Because Cinemark maintains the Denton location, stick with National CineMedia. The sale closes on August 16, 2013. On September 12, 2013, Southern Theaters announced that they obtained Movie Tavern from Lee Roy Mitchell after he was asked to sell Movie Tavern after Cinemark bought Rave Cinemas on May 29, 2013. As a result, Cinemark opened a dinner theater and their own movie entitled Movie Bistro. The concept was launched in August 2013 and is currently in four Cinemark locations in Colorado, Louisiana, and Texas. The Movie Tavern will remain a South Theater brand. As part of a long-term South Theater deal with National CineMedia, Movie Tavern will switch from Screenvision to National CineMedia in June 2014. In December 2016, AMC now has former Carmike movie theater, some of which are now branded AMC.
The company also has "Rave Digital Media" along with Continental Retail Development, with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio, and operates six properties under the "Rave Digital Media" brand. The Rave Digital Media brand was sold to AMC Theaters on January 4, 2013.
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Facilities and features
Most cinemas have many concession sites, arcade games, online tickets and kiosks, and futuristic environments with special lighting, LCD menus and movie trailers, and some have stylish special event spaces.
Each auditorium in the built Rave has the following features:
- DLP Cinema Projection
- DTS digital surround sound
- Seating stadium
- The chair is tilted backwards
- Luxurious luxury back seat
- Arm holder/cup holder/tray table drawn
- 18 inches up into each row (to promote a clear line of vision)
- 48Ã, inches of excess space between each row (to add additional leg space)
In addition, large auditoriums often feature a two-storey exit with central seating for customers with physical disabilities and elevator access. Some cinemas are also equipped with Real D 3D cinema system. Each newly opened building is fully digitized in pictures and sound.
Property obtained from National Amusements may not have all of the features or designs listed above.
Rave and Christie Digital
In June 2006, Rave Motion Pictures announced a partnership with Christie/AIX to install 445 digital cinema systems in its cinema. Some Rave theaters (including the theaters in Peoria, Illinois, and Huntsville, Alabama) already have the Christie system installed; the full conversion of the existing theater was completed in August 2007. When Rave Cinemas acquired several theaters from the National Amusements in late 2009 and early 2010, they used Barco projectors instead of Christie. With Rave Cinemas now owned by Cinemark, the Christie projector will be removed and replaced with a Barco projector. At AMC Theaters, the Christie projector (Barco projector at Grove City 14) has been removed and replaced by Sony 4K Digital Cinema except for the largest screen. At Carmike in Hickory Creek, Texas, the Christie projector will be saved. At Carmike in Louisville, Kentucky and Voorhees, New Jersey, Barco projectors will be moved and replaced with Christie.
Location Rave Theater
(Including purchased by CINEMARK. Recently purchased by CARMIKE, AMC Theaters and Starplex are marked)
Alabama
All theaters in Alabama except for Festival Plaza 16 in Montgomery purchased by Carmike.
The Festival Plaza 16 was bought by AMC Theaters.
- Festival Plaza 16 - Montgomery (December 2000)
- [1] - Hoover (June 30, jn2004)
- Jubilee Square 12 - Daphne (May 3, 2002)
- Patton Creek 15 IMAX - Hoover (June 3, 2004)
- Vestavia Hills 10 - Vestavia Hills (1 November 2002)
- Bend 18 IMAX - Huntsville (May 5, 2006)
- Wharf 15 - Orange Beach (May 27, 2005)
Arkansas
- Col. Glenn 18 - Little Rock (opened in 2002)
California
- Rave Cinema Baldwin Hills 15 - Baldwin Hills Mall, Crenshaw district, South Los Angeles (acquired 2011), including IMAX. Originally Magic Johnson Crenshaw 15 from Magic Johnson Theaters, now owned by Cinemark Theaters and renamed Cinemark Baldwin Hills 15 & amp; XD.
- Rave Digital Media Brentwood 14 - Brentwood, S.F. Bay Area, California (acquired 2008); IMAX included. It is now owned by AMC Theaters and renamed AMC Brentwood 14.
- Rave 18 - The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center, Westchester district, Westside Los Angeles, including IMAX. Originally The Bridge 18 of National Amusements, now owned by Cinemark Theaters and renamed Cinemark 18 & amp; XD.
Connecticut
All theaters in Connecticut were acquired from the National Amusements in 2009.
- Enfield 12 - Enfield
- Berlin 12 - Kensington (Purchased by Starplex Cinemas)
- Buckland Hills 18 - Manchester
- Connecticut Post 14 - Milford
- North Haven 12 - North Haven
- Southington 12 - Southington (Cinemark sells the theater to Starplex Cinemas in May 2014)
Florida
All theaters in Florida except Destin Commons 14 in Destin were bought by Carmike.
The Destin Commons 14 dibeli oleh AMC Theaters.
- Destin Commons 14 - Destin
- Jalan 16 - Melbourne/Viera
- Pensacola "W Street" 18 - Pensacola
- Pensacola Bayou 15 - Pensacola (22 November 2006)
- St. Lucie West 14 - Port St. Lucie
- ViaPort Florida - Leesburg (November 2016)
Illinois
- Grand Prairie 18 - Peoria (Dibeli oleh Carmike)
Indiana
All theaters in Indiana are bought by Carmike.
- Jefferson Pointe 18 - Fort Wayne (November, 2001)
- Metropolis 18 - Plainfield - Indianapolis (4 November 2005)
Iowa
- Davenport 53 18 - Davenport, from National Amusements in 2009.
Kentucky
- Florence 14 - Florence (obtained from National Amusements)
- Stonybrook 20 IMAX - Louisville (obtained from National Amusements) (Purchased by Carmike)
- Preston Crossings 16 - Okolona (obtained from National Amusements)
Louisiana
All theaters in Louisiana were acquired by AMC Theaters.
- Baton Rouge 16 - Baton Rouge (August 22, 2003)
- Mall of Louisiana 15 IMAX - Baton Rouge
Massachusetts
- Eastfield 16 - Springfield - obtained from National Amusements in 2009.
- West Springfield 15 - West Springfield - was obtained from National Amusements in 2009.
Michigan
- Flint West 14 - Flint (obtained from National Amusements December 2009)
- CityPlace 14 - Kalamazoo (closed by Rave, acquired by Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas
- Ann Arbor 20 - Ypsilanti (obtained from National Amusements December 2009)
Nebraska
- Rave Digital Media Westroads 14 - Omaha (November 14, 2008) (Purchased by AMC Theater)
Nevada
- Rave Digital Media Town Square 18 - Las Vegas (November 16, 2007) (Purchased by AMC Theater)
New Jersey
- Hazlet 12 - Hazlet (Acquired from National Amusements - Dec. 2009) (Bought by Cinemark in May 2013)
- Ritz Center 16 - Voorhees (Acquired from National Amusements - Dec. 2009) (Bought by Carmike)
North Carolina
- Rave Digital Media - Durham Southpoint 17 IMAX - Durham (February 2012) (Bought by the AMC Theater)
Ohio
- The Greene 14 - Beavercreek (December 2009 - from National Amusements)
- Western Hills 14 - Cincinnati (December 2009 - from National Amusements)
- Polaris 18 - Columbus (August 2005)
- Huber Heights 16 - Huber Heights (December 2009 - from National Amusements)
- Milford 16 - Milford (December 2009 - from National Amusements)
- Fallen Timbers 14 - Maumee (opened October 2007, obtained December 2009 from National Amusements)
- Levis Commons 12 Perrysburg (Opened October 2005, obtained December 2009 from National Amusements)
- Franklin Park 16 - Toledo (acquired in December 2009 from the National Amusements)
- Rave Media Digital West Chester 18 - West Chester Township (June 27, 2003) (Purchased by AMC Theater)
- Dayton South 16 - West Carrollton (December 2009 - from National Amusements)
- Rave Digital Media Grove City 14 - Grove City (November 2011) (Bought by the AMC Theater)
Pennsylvania
- Promenade 16 - Center Valley (Allentown) (December 15, 2006) (Bought by Carmike)
- Pittsburgh North 11 - Pittsburgh (December 2009 from National Amusements, close permanently)
- University City 6- Philadelphia (December 2009, formerly National Amusements The Bridge)
Tennessee
- East Ridge 18 - East Ridge (Chattanooga) (December 9, 2004) (Bought by Carmike)
Texas
- Hickory Creek 16 - Hickory Creek (Dallas) (Bought by Carmike)
- North East Mall 18 - Hurst (2004)
- Ridgmar 13 - Fort Worth (December 17, 2003)
- Yorktown 15 - Houston (November 18, 2005) (Bought by Carmike)
Virginia
- Centerville 12 - Centerville, from National Amusements in 2009.
- Fairfax Corner 14 - Fairfax, from National Amusements in 2009.
References
External links
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