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Entertainment Consumes Electronics!

8th February 2021 OzSeeker

The Stinger Report: Entertainment Consumes Electronics! #1056 Report Skinny In The Stinger Report #1056 – This issue covers in detail: 1. The largest consumer electrics show (CES) reverts to a virtual event, but the trends for Out-of-Home Entertainment still shine through as the event moves to a “Virtual Showfloor”; and we still get the best access. 2. The genus of the “Immersive Display Attraction” technology soon to be ubiquitous in our industry was revealed from Sony and LG, with announcements on new “Projection-based Attractions” such as the Illuminarium Experiences. 3. We…

Hat-trick of deals unlocks Houndshill extension

8th February 20218th February 2021 Place North West

Contracts to secure a nine-screen cinema and new home for Wilko as part of the planned extension of the Blackpool shopping centre have been inked, while the council finalised a land acquisition to bring forward the project. The deals pave the way for construction to start in March, after the council received £5m towards the £20m scheme from the Government’s shovel-ready projects fund last August. The council bought Houndshill Shopping Centre for £47.6m in 2019. The planned extension will feature a 22,000 sq ft store to be occupied by Wilko after…

Cinema audience, photo by Krists Luhaers on Unsplash

Leisure revamp for Skelmersdale shopping centre

4th February 2021 Place North West

Part of the Concourse Shopping Centre’s upper level could be transformed into a WonderWorld entertainment complex, after a cinema was developed on the ground floor last year. The final stages of fit-out and decoration are currently taking place at the two-screen Ultra Star Cinema, which will become the first picture house to operate in Skelmersdale since 1982. The Concourse is owned by the Skelmersdale Limited Partnership, a joint venture between London & Cambridge Properties and Threadneedle Investments. Moorgate Developments has now submitted plans to West Lancashire Council for a range…