Update: 7.27.2008:
I see that most of the traffic to this page is from people searching for the actual Tower Theatres website (for box office information probably) so here is the link to the Tower Theatres website in Marana. For those of you who would like a little history, feel free to keep reading! 
Marana residents rejoice! For those of you tired of driving to the Foothills Mall to catch a flick good news is on the horizon.
Linda Vista Cinemas Tower Theatres, a 12-16 screen digital image projection theater (the first in Southern Arizona) is slated to open this fall. It will have stadium seating and 40-foot wide screens, and will be located on Arizona Pavilions Drive off of the Cortaro Road exit, just west of Kohl’s.
I snapped these photos the other day, two from the front of the theater and one from the backside. I actually got a screw stuck in my tire from the construction site while I was driving around. Grrrr.
Features will include THX surround sound, a gourmet coffee bar and a video arcade. It was originally planned to have 18 screens but budgetary constraints forced developers to scale the project back a bit. I spoke with Andy Seleznov from Larson Baker LLC (the developing company) and he informed me the theater should be completed and open for business by October Winter 2007.
Technorati Tags: Foothills Mall, Linda Vista Cinemas, Tower Theatres, Arizona Pavilions, Cortaro Road, Tower Theatres
9 comments ↓
Glad to see Marana is getting entertainment. The infrastructure there is gowing and supporting the homes in the area. Great news.
Doug - Now we just need some more restaurants! The new Chili’s was nice but hopefully they will move a bit faster on providing food services out near Gladden Farms.
Is there any word on when they will be hiring and for what positions?
Robin, the company in charge of the day-to-day operations will be Linda Vista Cinemas, LLC, but right now I can’t find any info on their hiring plans. I’ll check it out and follow up with you!
Is there any way to contact the owners? I was wondering since it’s locally owned if they will consider open captioning [OC] for movies shown at the theater. There is only one theater in Tucson that offers [OC] and that is Century 16 on Grant. There are several theaters in Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale, and Peoria that offer [OC] times for their movies. It would be nice to have another theater in Tucson that will provide [OC] movies.
Finally it’s here! Man did we nedded this, I was getting tired of driving to tucson all the way from gladden farms just to catch a flick. I’m a movie fanatic,my props go to all those local developers that had this brilliant idea! way to go people.
Michael - The manager for the company overseeing day-to-day operations (Linda Vista Cinemas LLC) is Kent Edwards, who also is a managing partner for Grand Cinemas, a discount movie theater chain with three Tucson locations. I was unable to find any immediate contact info but shoot me an email if you would like the registered address for the LLC.
Pete - As a fellow resident of Gladden Farms I understand exactly what you are talking about. The sooner the better!
It is nice having Tower Theaters so close to home. However, its still been frustrating to get access for those who want [OC] open captioning. There is no theater that offers [OC] in Tucson anymore. Century 16 seems to no longer offer any captioning for movies since last summer. Meanwhile, the Phoenix area theaters have [OC] for certain movies daily. Tower Theaters said they would look into it . . . but it’s been 7 months we’re losing hope.
Hi Michael, that is unfortunate to hear. Have you tried calling up the owners and asking them if they have any [OC] plans?
Leave a Comment
I've also deleted the rel='nofollow' for hyperlinks, I think anyone who leaves a comment deserves a link to their site!