Bridgeport, Conn. — Cinépolis USA has signed on to open a luxury 12-screen, 1,200-seat hybrid theater at Steelpointe Harbor, a mixed-use development in Bridgeport.
The 50,000-square-foot theater will offer five Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas auditoriums with fully reclining leather seats and in-theater waiter service and dining with a full bar, and seven Cinépolis auditoriums with comfortable seating and access to a gourmet menu and full bar in the lobby. The theater, which is slated to open in 2017, will be the company’s first location in Connecticut.
Bridgeport Landing Development LLC, a subsidiary of The RCI Group, is developing Steelpointe Harbor, a two million-square-foot waterfront project. The first phase of the development is slated to open this year and construction on the second phase scheduled to begin in 2016.