{"id":217237,"date":"2026-06-12T07:38:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/217237\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T07:38:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:38:14","slug":"imax-theater-in-reading-reopens-after-upgrades-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/217237\/","title":{"rendered":"IMAX theater in Reading reopens after upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"

Berk\u2019s County\u2019s only IMAX theater has reopened after extensive upgrades.<\/p>\n

Officials with R\/C Reading Movies 11 & IMAX celebrated the IMAX auditorium\u2019s grand reopening on May 28.<\/p>\n

The IMAX auditorium at the theater on North Second Street in Reading was closed for renovations in April. Other theaters at RC remained open.<\/p>\n

IMAX theaters are designed to maximize audience immersion. They feature large curved screens, a proprietary sound system, and steeper, stadium-style seating.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new IMAX experience includes luxury heated recliners, immersive sound, next-generation IMAX projection and brand-new screen,\u201d said Shelbi Gutowski, director of brand and business strategy at R\/C Reading Movies. \u201cWe are really excited to introduce our reimagined IMAX to the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"GuestsGuests are treated to a showing of movie previews in the refurbished IMAX theater during a grand reopening of the R\/C Reading Movies 11 and IMAX, 30 N. Second St., on Thursday, May 28, 2026. (BILL UHRICH\/READING EAGLE)<\/p>\n

The new screen offers \u201ccrystal-clear picture that is three times brighter than before,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The IMAX renovations are the first of several phases of upgrades planned for the theater, which opened in 2008.<\/p>\n

\u201cA luxury heated recliner conversion in all other auditoriums is planned to be completed by early fall,\u201d Gutowski said. \u201c(It) will be rolled out in a phased approach, so customers will be able to start enjoying the recliners in some auditoriums this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

The theater will stay open during those changes, with a few auditoriums closed at a time as the work progresses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe moviegoing experience for our guests shouldn\u2019t be interrupted,\u201d Gutowski said.<\/p>\n

She noted that ticket prices would not be affected by the renovations.<\/p>\n

Upcoming deals planned for the theater include Bargain Tuesdays, where customers can buy tickets for as little as $6, and a $1 family-friendly summer movie series Tuesday and Wednesdays at 10 a.m. from June 16 to Aug. 5.<\/p>\n

The theater will also be running a back-to-school promotion in the fall where students can get tickets for $5.<\/p>\n

For further information on tickets and showtimes, visit rctheatres.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

R\/C Theatres has six other locations in Pennsylvania: Carlisle, Gettysburg, Hanover, York, Quakertown and Wilkes-Barre.<\/p>\n

The company also has seven theaters across Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina.<\/p>\n

In early May, a Florida contractor fell to his death<\/a> while working on the renovations to the IMAX theater. He fell through a drop ceiling about 50 feet, Berks County Coroner Matthew J. Stitzel said. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was notified and responded to the theater.<\/p>\n

\"AA grand reopening of the R\/C Reading Movies 11 and IMAX, 30 N. Second St., on Thursday, May 28, 2026, features an upgraded IMAX experience. (BILL UHRICH\/READING EAGLE)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berk\u2019s County\u2019s only IMAX theater has reopened after extensive upgrades. Officials with R\/C Reading Movies 11 & IMAX…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,60,182,139,28,736,128,130,129,1015],"class_list":["post-217237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-business","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-mer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}