LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 1, 2001 In the middle of the Howard Hughes
Center in the Westchester area of Los Angeles, the new Promenade complex
features boutique shops, eclectic restaurants and a new premier seventeen-screen
theater known as The Bridge. Opened in July, The Bridge features such
amenities as valet parking, stadium seating that can be assigned,
upscale food and even its own cocktail lounge. The first California
theater opened by Massachusetts-based National Amusements, the Bridge
is exclusively outfitted with JBL Professional Cinema speaker systems
supplied by Hadden Theatre Supply of Louisville, Kentucky.
The
4200-seat complex includes two deluxe "Directors' Halls"
with extra-plush seats and ushers to escort viewers to their assigned
seats. To further enhance the experience, live entertainment by a
comedian is scheduled prior to the movie in the Center Stage Theater
on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Other Promenade tenants include
Borders Books, Starbucks, Johnny Rockets, Prego and Nordstrom Rack.
The
Bridge is the creation of Shari E. Redstone, president of National
Amusements and CEO of CineBridge Ventures and Paul Heth, President
of CineBridge Ventures. Prior to its opening, The Bridge was featured
in the business pages of the Los Angeles Times. The Times quoted Larry
Kosmont, a real estate consultant, who predicts success for The Bridge,
"I think this center will do very well because the area that
it serves hasn't had new movie screens in years and in general the
market is underserved by quality theaters."
"Since
our opening in July, our customers have been very complimentary about
the theater and its amenities," stated John King, Managing Director
of The Bridge. "And the sound system is definitely first class."
The
Bridge presents a quality, upscale cinema experience and the sound
system is a crucial part of it. The audio is processed using Dolby
Digital Surround EX equipment and National Amusements' unique combination
of quality JBL Cinema speaker components. The front of each theater
has JBL 4645C single 18" VGC(tm) Vented Gap Cooled subwoofers
and 4648A-8 dual 15" VGC low frequency cabinets combined with
2352 Optimized Aperture(tm) horns outfitted with the powerful 2447H
titanium diaphragm compression driver. 8330A Surround speakers are
used on the back and side walls to take full advantage of the Dolby
processor.
"JBL
Cinema Systems have been the choice of National Amusements for their
theatre complexes for many years," according to Chuck Goodsell,
Director, Cinema Products for JBL Professional. "JBL is proud
of our long values relationship with National Amusements and their
dealer Hadden Theatre Supply."
Headquartered
in Northridge, California, JBL Professional is the world's leading
designer, manufacturer, and marketer of professional loudspeakers
for recording and broadcast, musician, cinema, touring sound, commercial
sound and contracting applications. JBL Professional is part of the
Harman International network of professional and consumer audio companies.
For complete product and company information, go to the JBL Pro website
at www.jblpro.com.
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