![]() Digital projectors haven’t yet been installed and the area is still a shell, but some tile work is starting and counters and rugs are being installed. “I’m really looking forward to opening the doors,” Oliver said last week as she took her first tour of the space. The new theatres will have 16-foot ceilings, a four-foot increase from the old Star Cinema, as well as sloped floors and seating on risers for better viewing, and there will be increased space for wheelchairs and mobility aids. The two-screen Star Cinema, which had opened in 1998, closed in December 2019 for redevelopment of the site for the Cameo building, and was later demolished. ![]() Seat configurations are still being worked out for the 7,250-square-foot layout, but initial plans are calling for one 153-seat theatre, another with 111 seats and a smaller one with 60 seats - as well as a large lobby and concession area. The expanded Star Cinema will anchor the ground floor of the five-storey, 45-unit Cameo condominium building at Third Street and Sidney Avenue and will have 324 seats in front of three screens. By the end of September, the operator of Sidney’s beloved Star Cinema hopes to start rolling the films in a state-of-the-art facility.
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