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A multiplex is a movie theater complex with multiple screens or auditoriums within a single complex. They are usually housed in a specially designed building. Sometimes, an existing venue undergoes a renovation where the existing auditoriums are split into smaller ones, or more auditoriums are added in an extension or expansion of the building.
Ward Parkway Center in Kansas City, Missouri had the first multiplex cinema in the United States. Since the 1960s, multiple-screen theaters have become the norm, and many existing venues have been retrofitted so that they have multiple auditoriums. A single foyer area is shared among them.
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Sep 12, 2021 · Years later, in 1987, the Luxury “ten-plex” theater in Portland, Oregon won two design awards for its architecture. Though terms like “12-plex” and “14-plex” and “mega-plex” were occasionally used, the growth in screen numbers finally made “multiplex” ubiquitous in the 1990s. Durwood’s vision had changed everything.
- Gary D. Rhodes
Stanley H. Durwood, an entertainment industry executive who is credited with inventing the multiplex movie theater, died Wednesday night at his Kansas City, Mo., home after a two-year illness....
Jun 27, 2009 · One such multi storied first is found with the multiplex concept. . Perhaps, the most well publicized multi screen pioneer was AMC’s Stan Durwood. Often referred to as the “father of the multiplex”, Durwood opened his first multi screen theatre in 1963, via Kansas City’s Parkway Twin; company folklore stating that the idea came to him a ...
Aug 9, 2021 · Aug 9, 2021. TV-G. 1:08. The History of AMC Entertainment: The World's First Multiplex (Video) AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. ( AMC) got its start as American Multi-Cinema Theatres. It was...
