New cinema just the ticket?

Published date25 May 2023
Silky Otter Cinemas has applied for building consent for the internal fitout of a building on Main St East, formerly home to Smiths City

Cinema development company The Otter Group has two cinemas in Auckland, one in Nelson and one in Christchurch.

The cinemas follow a luxury model, advertising leather chairs and legroom plus expanded food and drink offerings from popcorn to pizza to sticky date pudding.

Palmerston North has two cinemas with Focal Point Cinema in Cuba St and Event Cinemas in the Downtown complex. Downtown has been listed for sale via deadline private treaty closing May 18.

Focal Point opened in 2020, offering boutique cinema in a 1920s-styled building and a fully licensed café and restaurant.

Palmerston North has historically had three cinemas with the State and Regent theatres on...

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