Located in the Del Mar Highlands Town Center in Carmel Valley Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas features two traditional auditoriums and six with boothless projection systems seating up to 74 guests 3D and surround sound technologies reserved seating options and high back reclining leather chairs for the ultimate in viewing comfort. Designed and installed by Christie Managed Services as part of a complete customized solution the boothless systems free up space for an additional row of seating that would normally have been taken up by the projection booths. Christie provided an all-inclusive turnkey solution for a special lift system that enables the Christie CP2220 DLP Cinema projectors to be positioned out of the way during normal operation and lowered for maintenance. The Managed Services Team at Christie also installed the audio system screens processing equipments lighting drapes library management systems playback and projection systems in addition to designing and deploying the boothless capability. Recently an additional six auditoriums were installed with Christie boothless projection systems at the Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas La Costa location in Carlsbad. “While we are South America’s largest theater chain this is our first entry into the U.S. market and it was critical that every aspect of our patrons’ movie-viewing experience was as perfect as possible ” said Carlos Wellman managing director of Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas. “We selected Christie because they bring more than 80 years in the exhibition industry and perfectly understand the old-world traditions of the finest movie houses and the next generation of digital technology to meet the sophisticated demands of today’s moviegoers.” Matthew Heyman a Cinépolis consultant on this project added “Christie’s boothless lifts create the space for Cinépolis to transform its theaters into a unique movie-going experience. These boothless concepts like the ones Christie designs and installs are transforming the digital cinema environment.” “Exhibitors are looking for solutions that enable them to reduce construction costs while offering the design flexibility to transform older facilities to the look and feel of the luxury cinema ” said Sean James vice president of Managed Services for Christie. “Our customers need the benefit of technology without the complexity of integration or the burden of support to accomplish their design and cost reduction goals. We designed and built boothless systems that provide the right environment for the projector and isolate the audience from the noise and heat the projector and server generate while allowing the projection booth to be removed.”
