{"id":37605,"date":"2025-04-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/?p=37605"},"modified":"2025-04-06T13:57:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T17:57:41","slug":"icta-naca-awards-honoring-the-best-cinema-builds-and-refurbishments-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/icta-naca-awards-honoring-the-best-cinema-builds-and-refurbishments-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"ICTA NACA Awards: Honoring the Best Cinema Builds and Refurbishments of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During this year\u2019s Los Angeles Seminar Series, the International Cinema Technology\u00a0Association (ICTA) announced the winners of their fourth annual North America Cinema Awards (NACA). These awards honor outstanding achievements in cinema design, refurbishment, and technological innovation. \u201cThis year\u2019s winners have redefined what it means to create extraordinary spaces for storytelling,\u201d said Mark Mayfield, ICTA president. \u201cTheir commitment to pushing boundaries and delivering unforgettable cinematic moments deserves a standing ovation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Courtesy B&B Theatres<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BEST NEW CINEMA BUILD<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

B&B Theatres Red Oak 12<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Red Oak, TX | 12 Screens<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

B&B Theatres\u2019 Red Oak luxury entertainment center opened in March 2024 after a nearly five-year construction period. The center showcases B&B Theatres\u2019 commitment to diversifying its entertainment options beyond the traditional moviegoing experience. In addition to catching the latest and greatest in cinema entertainment, Red Oak guests can check out the pickleball and bocce ball courts, scale the climbing wall in the Outtakes Arcade, or have some good, old-fashioned fun with B-Roll Bowling. An exceptional moviegoing experience is still the exhibitor\u2019s lodestar: The new Red Oak complex offers its guests myriad premium audiovisual experiences, including HDR by Barco projection technology, North America\u2019s largest ScreenX panoramic screen, the first 4DX immersive seating auditorium for both B&B and the Dallas\u2013Fort Worth metro area, B&B\u2019s own proprietary Grand Screen premium large format screen, and DTS-X immersive sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Courtesy Golden Ticket Cinemas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Golden Ticket Cinemas Greenville Grande Imax + Elite<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Greenville, NC | 12 Screens<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2024 was a big year for Golden Ticket Cinemas: Their location in Greenville, North Carolina, received this year\u2019s NACA Award for Best Use of Technology. The theater had its ribbon cutting on March 1, just in time for local moviegoers to watch Dune: Part Two<\/em> the way it was meant to be seen\u2014on the big screen. ELITE (Elevated Immersive Theater Experience), their flagship auditorium, is tricked out with the latest in cinema technology, including a 4K laser projector, a wall-to-wall-screen, Dolby Atmos sound, and heated recliners. Throughout 2024, Golden Ticket\u2019s Greenville location opened more screens, bringing their total to 12, including one Imax with Laser auditorium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Courtesy Phoenix Theatres<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BEST TRADITIONAL REFURBISHMENT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Phoenix Theatres Great Northern<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

North Olmstead, OH | 10 Screens<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For their eighth location, Phoenix Theatres looked to the greater Cleveland area\u2019s Great Northern Mall, which was missing a key anchor tenant after its Regal-owned cinema closed in January 2023. Roughly a year and a half later, Phoenix Theatres\u2019 Great Northern cinema opened. Moviegoers get to enjoy updated sound (Dolby Digital and Atmos) and visual technology (Christie 4K projectors), as well as heated recliners and, in four auditoriums, Phoenix\u2019s proprietary premium large-format brand, Encore. As part of its commitment to family-friendly pricing, Phoenix Theatres does not have a surcharge for Encore screenings, and the cost of an evening ticket tops out at $10 ($13 for RealD), ensuring that a wider audience can get to know\u2014and love\u2014the modern multiplex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mike Mullan for Cinema Lab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BEST CLASSIC REFURBISHMENT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Playhouse \u2014 Cinema Lab<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

New Canaan, CT | 10 Screens<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The youngest cinema chain among this year\u2019s crop of NACA winners, Cinema Lab was founded in 2021 with the goal of reviving the neighborhood movie theater. But Cinema Lab wanted more than just a place to watch the latest and greatest films in an immersive, state-of-the-art environment: They aimed to make an essential hub for community-building. With their Playhouse location, Cinema Lab did just that, giving a new lease on life to a beloved local theater that had been a part of the New Canaan community since 1923. Then it became a casualty of the Covid pandemic. After an extensive renovation, the technology in the Playhouse\u2019s two auditoriums was upgraded, and lounges, private event spaces, and a restaurant all serve as common areas for neighborhood movie-lovers to congregate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During this year\u2019s Los Angeles Seminar Series, the International Cinema Technology\u00a0Association (ICTA) announced the winners of their fourth annual North America Cinema Awards (NACA). These awards honor outstanding achievements in cinema design, refurbishment, and technological innovation. \u201cThis year\u2019s winners have redefined what it means to create extraordinary spaces for storytelling,\u201d said Mark Mayfield, ICTA president. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":37606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,22],"tags":[254,4042,5000,313,5722,4772],"class_list":["post-37605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibition-features","category-from-the-magazine","tag-bb-theatres","tag-cinema-lab","tag-golden-ticket-cinemas","tag-icta","tag-naca","tag-phoenix-theatres"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boxofficepro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}