List Of FULL-SIZED IMAX Theaters

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Alright, fuck this!! We’re starting this year out with an important public service post. I know too many people who are not seeing TRON: Legacy the proper way. These are people who actually like TRON, too! I’m tired of feeling sorry for people who think they’ve experienced places like The Grid when it could not be further from the truth. This is not just my opinion, this is fact — TRON has 43 minutes of footage which opens up full frame to take advantage of IMAX’s giant size and fully immerse you inside the EXPERIENCE of the adventure. If you have not see TRON in a full sized IMAX auditorium (and not some bullshit “lie-max” upconverted multiplex screen, either) then it’s like you’ve watched Captain EO on YouTube instead of in Disneyland or EPCOT’s 4D glory. It’s like you’ve watched someone’s shakeycam footage of a rollercoaster in lieu of actually sitting in the front seat and riding it. It’s like watching some porn and sayin’ you got laid.

If that’s fine with you – well, then, then I’d have to argue that you only think it’s fine and you’re just naive. Don’t be naive. Do the right thing and use this handy dandy list of FULL SIZE, 15-perf, 70mm IMAX auditoriums near you and get there before TRON leaves so you can really see that film the way it was designed to be seen.

And jeers to the IMAX site, who have taken off the in-depth descriptions of their IMAX theaters and lumped lie-max in with full size. Lamest thing ever. IMAX, you’re diluting your brand and making people hate you.

So this list is all you have. Read the list after the jump. The List is Life. End of Line.

Here we go, excluding the full sized IMAX screens which are located at many museums and science centers. These are the current full IMAX auditoriums which show first run films. If you’re in a theater with that blue IMAX logo that ain’t on this list, you’re seeing Lie-Max – which I’m not against, by the way. If the only choice is between one of the smaller, digital IMAX theaters and a regular screen – go for it. I just feel they should distinguish the two different styles, and lower the price by a few bucks on the smaller Lie-Max screens.

OK, enough of my ranting! State by state, these are the 54 awesome screens you should seeking out…

AZ
Tempe – Harkins Arizona Mills 25 IMAX – 412 seats, opened 3/5/1998

CA
Cathedral City – Desert IMAX Theater – 279 seats, opened 4/2/1999
Dublin – Regal Hacienda Crossings 20 & IMAX – 385 seats, opened 5/5/2000
Fresno – Edwards Fresno Stadium 21 & IMAX – 273 seats, opened 6/28/2006
Irvine – Edwards Irvine Spectrum 21 & IMAX – 492 seats, opened 11/27/2002
Los Angeles – Rave 18 IMAX – 350 seats, opened 01/2002
Monterey – Cannery Row IMAX Theatre – 290 seats, opened 4/4/2008
Ontario – Edwards Ontario Palace 22 & IMAX – 480 seats, opened 4/11/2003
Sacramento – Esquire IMAX Theater – 407 seats, opened 7/8/1999
San Francisco – AMC Loews Metreon – 600 seats, opened 6/16/1999
Universal City – AMC Loews Universal City – 422 seats, opened 4/14/2000

CO
Colorado Springs – Cinemark Carefree Circle & IMAX – 263 seats, opened 12/15/2000
Denver – UA Colorado Center 9 & IMAX – 360 seats

CT
Manchester – RC Buckland Hills 18 – 230 seats, opened 11/10/2004

FL
Orlando – Regal Pointe 21 & IMAX – 424 seats, opened 05/2007

GA
Buford – Regal Mall of Georgia 20 & IMAX – 400 seats, opened 8/13/1999

IA
Council Bluffs – AMC Star Council Bluffs IMAX – 346 seats, opened 3/21/2008

ID
Boise – Edwards Boise Stadium 21 & IMAX – 268 seats, opened 4/30/1999

IL
Chicago – Navy Pier IMAX Theatre – 440 seats, opened 1995
Lincolnshire – Regal Lincolnshire 20 & IMAX – 260 seats, opened 12/21/1998
Woodridge – Cinemark Seven Bridges & IMAX – 260 seats, opened 2/25/2000

IN
Indianapolis – Indiana State Museum IMAX – 404 seats, opened 12/19/1996

KY
Louisville – RC Stonybrook 20 IMAX – 211 seats, opened 11/10/2004

LA
New Orleans – Entergy IMAX Theatre – 354 seats, opened 10/1995

MA
Natick – Jordan’s Furniture IMAX – 279 seats, opened 8/22/2002
Reading – Jordan’s Furniture IMAX – 465 seats, opened 10/29/2004

MI
Dearborn – The Henry Ford IMAX – 440 seats, opened 11/19/1999
Grand Rapids – Celebration! Village IMAX Theater – 270 seats, opened 11/16/2001
Ypsilanti – RC Ann Arbor 20 IMAX – 422 seats, opened 5/12/2006

MN
Apple Valley – Great Clips IMAX Theatre – 600 seats, opened 4/5/1997
Duluth – Duluth OMNIMAX Theatre – 260 seats, opened 4/18/1996

MO
Sappington – Ronnies 20 Cine IMAX – 270 seats, opened 11/18/2005

MT
West Yellowstone – Yellowstone IMAX Theatre – 356 seats, opened 6/15/1994

NJ
Atlantic City – Tropicana Casino IMAX – 287 seats, opened 11/24/2004

NV
Las Vegas – Brenden Theatre Corp IMAX – 183 seats, opened 8/15/2003

NY
New Rochelle – Regal New Roc City 18 & IMAX – 392 seats, opened 9/24/1999
New York – AMC Loews Lincoln Square IMAX – 600 seats, opened 11/1994 — largest screen in country
Rochester – Tinseltown & IMAX – 253 seats, opened 11/9/1999
West Nyack – IMAX Theatre at Palisades Center – 361 seats, opened 9/25/1998
White Plains – City Center 15: Cinema de Lux IMAX – 329 seats, opened 11/10/2004

OH
Cincinnati – Springdale 18: Cinema de Lux IMAX – 341 seats, opened 11/10/2004

OK
Tulsa – Cinemark Tulsa & IMAX – 260 seats, opened 3/10/2000

PA
King of Prussia – UA King of Prussia 16 & IMAX – 340 seats, opened 4/11/2003
Tarentum – Cinemark IMAX at Pittsburgh Mills – opened 7/14/2005

RI
Providence – Providence Place Cinemas 16 IMAX- 424 seats, opened 6/22/2000

SC
Myrtle Beach – Myrtle Beach IMAX – 404 seats, opened 5/9/2007

TX
Colleyville – Colleyville Cinema Grille and IMAX – 276 seats, opened 8/9/2006
Dallas – Cinemark 17 & IMAX – 257 seats, opened 9/9/1999
Galveston – Moody Gardens IMAX – 403 seats, opened 1993
Houston – Edwards Houston Marquee 23 & IMAX – 409 seats, opened 4/11/2003
San Antonio – IMAX 3D Theatre San Antonio Rivercenter -320 seats, opened 05/2001
Tomball – Silverado 19 IMAX – 411 seats, opened 2/29/2008

WA
Spokane – Riverfront Park IMAX -342 seats, opened 05/1978

WI
Fitchburg – AMC Star Fitchburg 18 IMAX – 349 seats, opened 12/23/2005

I have a feeling many of the museums and science centers will begin showing more first run films – it’d be a great source of revenue for them. If you happen to check out a film in full IMAX, please advise us of corrections, updates or additions. Thanks and have a great new 2011!

SOURCE = Examiner