Century Theatres Enters Seattle Market at SeaTac Mall.

Major Exhibitor’s First Theater in Washington Will be Market's First State-of-the-Art Locale

Wed, Nov 12, 2003
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Nancy Klasky 415-448-8418

November 12, 2003 (San Rafael, CA) Century Theatres, the San Rafael-based motion picture exhibitor, today announced its entry into the Seattle market with a new 16 screen theater located at the recently remodeled SeaTac Mall, in Federal Way, Washington in the greater Seattle Market. The new theater will feature 16 screens, stadium seating, digital stereo surround sound, LucasFilm THX certification, giant wall-to-wall screens, rocking love seats and a Cinema Café.

Century Theatres is the 7th largest theater circuit in the US, with one of the highest per screen averages in the industry. Century currently has theaters in eleven states including California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Oregon, Texas, Alaska and Illinois.

“We’ve long looked forward to an opportunity to bring our brand of movie going experience to the Seattle market. Our theaters will offer patrons the finest movies, the most luxurious seats and the finest popcorn (with real butter), they have ever had”, said Raymond W. Syufy, Chairman and CEO of Century Theatres.

Century is known industry-wide for setting the standard at delivering an excellent experience to moviegoers, including a distinct lack of television commercials shown before the movie starts.

Century Theatres was started in 1941 by Raymond J. Syufy in Vallejo, California. Today, sons Raymond W. Syufy and Joseph Syufy are at the helm. In 2000, a new division, CinéArts was started in Evanston, Illinois, bringing art and independent film to the public within state-of-the-art theaters. Today there are 6 CinéArts locations.

“The theater will answer the call for culture within our redeveloped SeaTac Mall. As Century is known for building the highest caliber of theater, we are excited to help introduce them to the Seattle market” said Jim Yoder, Vice-President of Steadfast Commercial Properties of Newport Beach, California.

Century will break ground in March 2004 with an anticipated late 2004 opening date.

Century (http://www.centurytheatres.com) is a successful and strong motion picture exhibitor, in the midst of a major expansion program adding 250 screens over the next three years. Century Theatres/CinéArts owns and operates over 900 movie screens in 11 states. Century Theatres' patrons purchase advance tickets through Fandango's web site, www.fandango.com and through Fandango's voice-recognition service at 1-800-FANDANGO which enables moviegoers to buy their tickets and print them at home, eliminating the need to wait in line at the theater box office.

Nancy M. Klasky
Vice President of Marketing
Century Theatres and CinéArts
150 Pelican Way
San Rafael, CA 94901
Ph: 415-448-8400 Fax 415-448-8358
Showtimes and Coupons at www.centurytheatres.com and
www.cinearts.com
Buy Online at www.fandango.com

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