{"id":68420,"date":"2025-11-25T01:09:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T01:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/68420\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T01:09:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T01:09:47","slug":"reading-cinemas-unveils-renovations-with-imax-heated-recliners-and-new-menu-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/68420\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Cinemas unveils renovations with IMAX heated recliners and new menu items"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Reading Cinemas at Valley Plaza Mall has announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRS2pkLEprE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">significant transformation<\/a>, enhancing the moviegoing experience with a multi-million-dollar renovation set to be completed in January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The renovations include heated leather recliner seating, upgraded screens (TITAN LUXE) and sound (DOLBY ATMOS), new menu items, and a membership program in two versions: free-to-join and a premium membership, offering rewards and discounts.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said that the heated recliner seats in its IMAX auditorium make it the only IMAX screen with such seating within 100 miles of Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, a premium TITAN LUXE auditorium has been introduced, featuring a 4K DLP projector and DOLBY ATMOS audio system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reading Cinemas is committed to bringing an elite cinematic experience to Bakersfield moviegoers,&#8221; stated in part, Jenny Sullivan, general manager. <\/p>\n<p>Ticket prices for traditional seating have been reduced to $8.<\/p>\n<p>A new food and beverage menu has been introduced, which includes:<\/p>\n<p>EloteElote Nachos Street Style Bacon Hot DogChicken &amp; Waffles Street Fries All-beef, 1\/3 lb. BBQ Bacon Burger New Housemade Dipping SaucesFunnel Cake FriesChurros <\/p>\n<p>Also new are adult beverages, such as &#8220;Boozy Icees,&#8221; ready-to-drink canned cocktails, splits and half-bottles of wine, and a variety of bottled beers.<\/p>\n<p>Three theaters with new recliner seats are available, and five more are undergoing renovations, scheduled to open in January 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/readingcinemas.com\/valleyplaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">readingcinemas.com\/valleyplaza<\/a>, or follow Reading Cinemas on social media.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Reading Cinemas at Valley Plaza Mall has announced a significant transformation, enhancing the moviegoing experience&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-68420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}