Pakistan’s First IMAX Theatre in Lahore Signed Up

IMAX Corporation and the Government of Punjab Province, Pakistan today announced an agreement to install the first ever IMAX theatre in Pakistan. The theatre will be located in Lahore, Pakistan, and be part of a multi-function shopping and entertainment park the Punjab Government is developing. The agreement was reached on September 28th, construction will begin soon and the park is expected to open by September 2005.

The Lahore IMAX Theatre will serve as an anchor for a shopping and entertainment park that will include retail outlets, a food court, bowling alleys and other attractions. The theatre will be capable of showing IMAX and IMAX 3D films, feature a 12,000-watt digital surround sound system, and be among IMAX’s largest, with a screen towering 71 feet high by 95 feet wide and the capacity to seat nearly 700. The first signing in Pakistan follows on IMAX’s recent expansion in China, India and Russia, where consumer demand has helped fuel growth of the IMAX theatre network.