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Digicel IMAX

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Digicel IMAX
IndustryLeisure, Retailing, Entertainment & Refreshments
HeadquartersOne Woodbrook Place, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
ProductsTickets, Popcorn, Drinks & Confectionery
WebsiteDigicel IMAX

Digicel IMAX is Trinidad and Tobago (and the Caribbean)'s first and only IMAX 3D movie theatre.

Digicel is the title sponsor.[1] Other sponsors include Carib Brewery, Ansa Automotive, Atlantic LNG and First Citizens Bank.

The Digicel IMAX has the largest screen in the Caribbean at a size of It is 12 metres (39 ft) high, 21 metres (69 ft) with a seating capacity of 360. The cinema is located at One Woodbrook Place, Port of Spain.

Digicel IMAX was launched by Ingrid Jahra, the founder of the Giant Screen Entertainment.[2]

There were some legal disagreements[3] with the developer; however, the theatre was opened in August 2011,[4] and offers both Hollywood blockbuster movies as well as IMAX educational films, which are targeted mostly to schools in Trinidad and Tobago [5]

References

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  1. ^ Newsday IMAX 3D comes to TT.
  2. ^ Trinidad Guardian Jahra changes face of cinema in T&T.
  3. ^ Trinidad Guardian Lee Sing, HCL in legal war over land
  4. ^ Trinidad Guardian Digicel IMAX Opens in T&T
  5. ^ Digicel IMAX Hollywood and Educational Films
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