AMC Hampton Towne Centre 24 interior
AMC Hampton Towne Centre 24 (89,303 square feet)
1 Town Center Way, Hampton Towne Centre, Hampton, VA
Opened May 19th, 1998
Pictured: auditorium 13, capacity 422, IMAX installed in fall 2009
This afternoon, I finally caught an IMAX screening at Hampton's AMC. I'd been waiting for a non-tentpole release to be the IMAX film of the week here, and the dubbed version of One Piece Film: Red proved to be the perfect opportunity. This auditorium was converted to IMAX in 2009, with Where the Wild Things Are being the theater's first movie screened in the format that October (previously, the only IMAX screen on the Peninsula was the one at Hampton's Air & Space Center, which I may visit again one of these days). My IMAX experience here was very satisfactory, but I'd say that it's the auditorium's aesthetics that interested me most. As you may know, AMC renovated this theater back in 2015, replacing their auditorium's carpeting, seating, and wall padding. This IMAX auditorium, for reasons unknown, received no such alterations, and I believe that most of its' look is straight outta 1998! The auditorium features very stiff grey seats and red/yellow acoustic paneling; it's possible that these features came with the 2009 installation of the IMAX equipment, but I have no real way of knowing. Adding recliners would really make enhance the moviegoing experience here (the Dolby Cinema across the hall has them), but at least for now the visual and audio presentation of the movie itself is phenomenal.
AMC Hampton Towne Centre 24 interior
AMC Hampton Towne Centre 24 (89,303 square feet)
1 Town Center Way, Hampton Towne Centre, Hampton, VA
Opened May 19th, 1998
Pictured: auditorium 13, capacity 422, IMAX installed in fall 2009
This afternoon, I finally caught an IMAX screening at Hampton's AMC. I'd been waiting for a non-tentpole release to be the IMAX film of the week here, and the dubbed version of One Piece Film: Red proved to be the perfect opportunity. This auditorium was converted to IMAX in 2009, with Where the Wild Things Are being the theater's first movie screened in the format that October (previously, the only IMAX screen on the Peninsula was the one at Hampton's Air & Space Center, which I may visit again one of these days). My IMAX experience here was very satisfactory, but I'd say that it's the auditorium's aesthetics that interested me most. As you may know, AMC renovated this theater back in 2015, replacing their auditorium's carpeting, seating, and wall padding. This IMAX auditorium, for reasons unknown, received no such alterations, and I believe that most of its' look is straight outta 1998! The auditorium features very stiff grey seats and red/yellow acoustic paneling; it's possible that these features came with the 2009 installation of the IMAX equipment, but I have no real way of knowing. Adding recliners would really make enhance the moviegoing experience here (the Dolby Cinema across the hall has them), but at least for now the visual and audio presentation of the movie itself is phenomenal.