Flagship Premium Cinemas announced today that they will be opening their newest theater in Chestertown, Maryland. Located in the Washington Square Shopping Center, Flagship Premium Cinema Chestertown will feature deluxe amenities including luxurious powered reclining seats, online reserved seating, in-lobby ticketing kiosks, self-serve beverages with free refills and, coming soon, a bar with beer and wine selections.
“Flagship Premium Cinemas is excited to expand our Eastern Shore presence into the Chestertown market. Flagship understands that Chestertown is a community that has specific needs and is committed to offering exclusive film choices and special programming. Our goal is to ensure the highest quality movie experience.” stated Paul Wenger, President of Flagship Cinemas.
“The town and the county are thrilled that Flagship Premium Cinemas will be operating the Chestertown movie theatre, their experience in the movie industry and commitment to serving the needs of the community are very apparent.” stated Jamie Williams, Kent County Director of Economic & Tourism Development.
Flagship Premium Cinemas appreciates the opportunity to introduce a new, upscale movie-going experience in Chestertown to fulfill the specific needs of this exclusive community. In addition to Chestertown, Flagship currently operates locations in Easton, Cambridge and West Ocean City.
Further details can be found on the company’s website: www.flagshipcinemas.com
Bill Anderson says
This new C-town venture will likely follow closely in the footsteps of the most recent movie theater opening at Washington Square. This operator will no doubt be able to obtain an unsecured loan of around $75k from the C-town mayor and council as necessary cash to commence operations. Good luck!
Folks, it will prove less costly to you, though less convenient, to continue visiting the theater in Middletown, DE.
Rebecca Murphy says
To be clear, not only was the $75,000 loan in fact secured, it had a repayment source, the town’s amusement tax revenues, which were not collected when the old theater closed, nor would have been collected if the building had become another use.
Not only that, the $75,000 investment came after the operators of the movie theatre, along with the landlord, made an investment of $750,000 of their own funds to make the improvements necessary for the theatre to be operational- a new HVAC system, wholesale demolition and renovation of the theatre’s public areas, new screens, seating, and projection equipment.
The loan was in the process of being repaid through the amusement tax collected by the theatre, prior to the pandemic, and now that the theatre has been reopened, will continue to be repaid. Loans of this type are used all the time to stimulate economic development activity all over our region, and are an effective tool to attract new business and private investment to communities.
Tom Wall says
Yayyyyy !!!!!!!! All movie lovers are DELIGHTED BEYOND WORDS ! Woo-HOOOO! ! !