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Meridian Mall Theatres Find New Life As Studio C!

When the former Meridian Mall Theatres become Studio C!, the Celebration! Cinema operation will include stadium seating and chef-prepared food service.
Scott Pohl
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WKAR
When the former Meridian Mall Theatres become Studio C!, the Celebration! Cinema operation will include stadium seating and chef-prepared food service.

The long-shuttered Meridian Mall Theatres in Okemos are being renovated, and will become a Celebration! Cinema operation.
   
When Studio C! opens by the end of the year, the movie-going experience will include reserved seating and chef-prepared food options.

Marketing Vice President Steve Van Wagoner says the building will undergo extensive renovations.

"Everything from what used to be a concessions stand will no longer be a concessions stand," Van Wagoner explains. "In fact, we're not even going to use the word concession anymore. The box office disappears; it becomes a dining area."

Another big project: replacing the sloped theater floors with a new stadium seating layout in each of the facility's six auditoriums.

Van Wagoner hopes to open Studio C! by the end of the year.

Scott Pohl has maintained an on-call schedule reporting for WKAR following his retirement after 36 years on the air at the station.
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