{"id":481557,"date":"2026-10-30T16:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T16:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/481557\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T16:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T16:48:08","slug":"premiere-cinemas-expanding-at-south-plains-mall-with-new-massive-family-entertainment-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/481557\/","title":{"rendered":"Premiere Cinemas expanding at South Plains Mall with new massive family entertainment center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; A major entertainment expansion is on the way to the South Plains Mall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The South Plains Mall and Premiere Cinemas + IMAX announced plans for Premiere PLUS, a new 45,000 square-foot family entertainment center. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The locally owned and operated expansion will connect directly to the existing 16-screen theater, making it one of the region\u2019s largest entertainment centers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The expansion will feature 16 bowling lanes, multiple bumper-car arenas, more than 100 arcades games, a 7-D cinema experience, a large play area for kids, party and event rooms, new cafes and a redemption center with prizes and rewards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cPremiere PLUS is an exciting investment in Lubbock and in the future of family entertainment in West Texas,\u201d said Gary Moore, CEO of Premiere Cinemas. \u201cOur goal is to create a destination where families and friends can gather for movies, bowling, games, dining and special events, all under one roof.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Premiere Cinemas first opened its Lubbock location in 2012, later upgrading auditoriums with luxury recliners and laser projection.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Construction is currently underway, with doors projected to open in summer 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; A major entertainment expansion is on the way to the South Plains Mall. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2777,319,251,168,170,169,72382,374,28357],"class_list":["post-481557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-entertainment","tag-kcbd","tag-local-news","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-premiere-cinemas","tag-south-plains","tag-south-plains-mall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}