The paint near the front entrance is still wet, and the back parking lot still hasn't been paved, but Utah's newest multiplex will be screening movies today.
The Cinemark Draper is scheduled to open today, with 14 screens in digital clarity. (The Cinemark website still isn't listing showtimes for today, but the site insists the theater is opening today.)
The theater is touted as a "NextGen" theater, which means new digital projection and massive floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall screens in every theater. One of the 14 screens boasts Cinemark's "Extreme Digital" technology.
The Draper theater is the chain's first "NextGen" theater in Utah. It's only the third so far - the first two are in suburban Dallas and suburban Austin. (Another is being built in Farmington, Utah.)
The seats are comfortable, high-backed and deep cushioned with leather-like upholstery. The concession stand is large and partly self-serve. There's also a wall of videogames in the lobby.
On Wednesday, the theater opened for a VIP night and photo-op with Draper city officials. All 14 theaters were open for free screenings, and there was even a sighting of a six-foot-tall Smurf (in advance of "The Smurfs," opening in July).
