Silver display followers have one thing to cheer in The Bronx.
The large lack of film theaters within the borough — the place just one movie home has been working for the previous yr — obtained a little bit little bit of assist this week when a 10-screen cinema opened up not removed from Yankee Stadium this week.
The Regal Concourse is now working on the website of the previous Multiplex Cinema in The Bronx, which shuttered final April – and now joins the AMC Bay Plaza Cinema 13 close to Co-op Metropolis as the one two theaters for the borough’s 1.4 million residents.
The brand new cineplex – which is revamped with reclining seats and surround-sound – is a much-needed hub for household leisure, Bronx moviegoers informed The Submit.
“There’s nothing for [kids] to do as a result of public parks aren’t protected previous a sure time,” stated Ingrid Walton, 36.
“There’s nothing round right here until you’re keen to pay for Yankee tickets,” she stated, together with her 12-year-old son John in tow Wednesday. “And that’s solely in the course of the season. There aren’t any inexpensive choices for households round right here.”
“After the closure of the Concourse Multiplex, many in our group felt the lack of an area the place youngsters, households, and film lovers might come collectively to benefit from the magic of movie,” Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson stated Tuesday.
The theater is internet hosting “charity screenings” of 2024 blockbuster movies for simply $3 on Wednesday and Thursday, with proceeds to profit the Flip 2 Basis and Police Athletic League Bronx.
Charity screenings embody “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “A Bronx Story,” “Deadpool & Wolverine,” “Dune: Half Two,” “Inside Out 2,” “Moana 2,” “Twisters” and “Depraved.”
Discounted screenings will even be obtainable for Regal Crown Membership members each Tuesday, a rep stated.
“I used to be devastated after they closed the multiplex cinema right here,” stated Ashtyn McCall, a 35-year-old hairstylist who introduced her twin 7-year-old daughters, Adisyn and Aubrey, to see “Moana 2.”
“I believed the group misplaced one thing, however we obtained one thing even higher,” she stated. “I’m so excited!”
“I’ve been coming [to Concourse Plaza] since I used to be a baby,” Walton remarked. “I used to be actually unhappy when it closed … Co-op Metropolis is simply too far and the Magic Johnson [AMC] theater in Harlem isn’t at all times an possibility, so this was it.”
Tatiana Ramirez, Regal Concourse’s basic supervisor who lives blocks away, agreed that the closure of the previous theater “was a giant hit to the neighborhood.”
“That is a part of the Bronx’s environment,” Ramirez, 34, stated. “[It’s] a spot to go together with household to construct recollections … particularly post-COVID.”
“It’s so essential to have film theaters as a result of you must have a spot to socialize, to assemble and get out of the home,” stated Wally Santos, 64, a retired dry cleaner.
“We’ve a seven and a 12-year-old,” stated Santos, of the Nation Membership part of The Bronx. “We’re bringing them right here tomorrow to see Depraved.”
“We’re nearer to Co-op Metropolis however I obtained to say, I like this theater higher,” Santos’ spouse Jennifer added.
“It feels extra Bronx-y, extra household oriented.”
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