Years in the planning stages, the remodeling of the Uptown Theatre in Minneapolis is finally going to happen. Starting January 31, the theater will be closed for an as-yet undetermined period of time. Local management declined to comment for publication but, when it reopens, there will be new seats (not those ripped, saggy ones people have been complaining about for years), a new screen, digital projection and a slightly different seating arrangement. But, although there had been talk the Uptown might be subdivided and the balcony eliminated, that will not be happening. Because of its seating... Read more..
Years in the planning stages, the remodeling of the Uptown Theatre in Minneapolis is finally going to happen. Starting January 31, the theater will be closed for an as-yet undetermined period of time. Local management declined to comment for publication but, when it reopens, there will be new seats (not those ripped, saggy ones people have been complaining about for years), a new screen, digital projection and a slightly different seating arrangement. But, although there had been talk the Uptown might be subdivided and the balcony eliminated, that will not be happening. Because of its seating... Read more..