Muvico Theaters

The Muvico 20-screen theater complex in Ybor City, downtown Tampa, Florida.

Muvico Theaters is a movie theater chain, which intended, in recent years, to rival newer large chains such as Rave Motion Pictures.

Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Muvico has ten complexes in Florida . Muvico has also expanded out of the state Florida to include a complex's in Maryland (see Arundel Mills) and Tennessee. Muvico theaters are known for the themes that several theaters have, such as the Egyptian theme, the 50's drive-in theme, the French opera house theme. They are also known for the Premier Bar, which is currently at Centro Ybor 20 and Parisian 20. The Palace 20 goes even further with a full scale restaurant on top of the theater.

History of Muvico

Muvico Theaters started in 1984 with the acquisition of Movie Center 3 theater in Coral Springs, Florida. Between 1985 to 1995, Muvico bought or built eight theaters totaling 59 screens; the California Club Six in North Miami was among these eight theaters. However, in 1995, Muvico sold all of its theaters and three leases, except for the Palm Harbor 10 located in Palm Harbor, Florida (which is the oldest Muvico theater operating today) The purpose of that sale was to allow Muvico to operate more efficiently against its competition -- namely, Regal Entertainment Group, Cinemark, and AMC Theatres. A year later, Muvico bought five theaters from United Artist Theaters in South and Central Florida, totaling 43 screens. Muvico built its first megaplex theater in 1998 in Orlando; it is called Muvico Pointe 21. They subsequently opened a 18-screen theater in Pompano Beach, Florida, and a 24-screen megaplex in Davie, Florida. In 2000, Muvico opened four more megaplexes in Florida and one in Arundel Mills in Hanover, Maryland, totaling 104 screens. In 2001, Muvico opened the Peabody Place 22 in Tennessee and now has a total of 233 screens, when the theaters in Estero, Chicago, and Boynton Beach open, their screen count will increase to 281.

Muvico Presently

Muvico is constructing a 16 screen theater in Estero, Florida, 14 screen theater in Boynton Beach, Florida, and also has begun construction on a 18 screen theater in Chicago which will feature a Muvico Premier level concept. Muvico is also going forward with plans to build theaters in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the Washington D.C. markets. Muvico is also expanding to Sarasota.

Corporate Staff

President - Mike Whalen / Vice President of Accounting & Finance - Alan Rainbeau / Vice President of Operations - Chuck DeWitt / Vice President of Real Estate Development - Mike Wilson / Vice President of Human Resources & Corporate Communications - John Spano / Director of Technical Services - Darryl Leversuch / Director of Operations - Greg Brewton / Director of Purchasing - David Thollander / Director of Marketing - Jim Lee / Director of Concessions - Tim McGriff / Director of Information Technology - Dave Dearing

Locations

• Palm Harbor 10' - Palm Harbor, FL
• Hialeah 14' - Hialeah, FL (opened November 13, 1996)
• Pointe 21' - Orlando, FL (opened July 14, 1998)
• Pompano 18' - Pompano Beach, FL (opened October 20, 1998)
• Paradise 24' - Davie, FL (opened March 12, 1999)
• Starlight 20' - Tampa, FL (2000)
• Palace 20' - Boca Raton, FL (opened June 24, 2000)
• Centro Ybor 20' - Tampa, FL (opened October 5, 2000)
• BayWalk 20' - St. Petersburg, FL (opened November 17, 2000)
• Parisian 20' - West Palm Beach, FL (opened December 22, 2000)
• Egyptian 24' - Hanover, MD (opened December 22, 2000)
• Peabody 22' - Memphis, TN (opened June 15, 2001)
• Coconut Point 16' - Estero, FL (opening December 18, 2006)
• Xanadu 26' - Secaucus, NJ (opening spring 2007)
• Boynton Beach 14' - Boynton Beach, FL (summer 2007)
• Lehigh Valley 20' - Allentown, PA (fall 2007)
• Empire 20' - Kendall, FL (2008)
• Sarasota 20' - Sarasota, FL (2008)
• Rosemont 24' - Chicago, IL (2008)
• Newark 20' - Linden, NJ (2008/2009)

• Muvico Official site