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10 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday November 28, 2007 www.oakvillebeaver.com LIESA KORTMANN / OAKVILLE BEAVER FINISHING TOUCHES: Bill Tishler, Vice President Design and Construction, Cineplex Entertainment, gave a tour of the nearly-ready Silver City Oakville Cinemas complex. Curtain ready to rise on Silver City Oakville By David Lea OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Did you know? Last year, United Way funded more than 20 programs for children and youth, including mentoring and counselling, provided by agencies such as Big Brothers Big Sisters of Halton and Community Youth Programs Inc. United Way of Oakville is proud to partner with 31 funded agencies that provide critical programs and services to people in need. With your support, we can build a strong and healthy community. Donate today through your workplace campaign, online at www.uwoakville.org or by calling United Way of Oakville at 905-845-5571. Ten days. That's all time that remains until the doors of Silver City Oakville Cinemas are thrown open to give movie goers a movie experience that is promised to be unparalleled. Encompassing more than 45,000 square feet the theatre will feature 12 screens, as well as 2,292 seats complete with padded armrests. The complex also offers a six-lane bowling component and a separate family entertainment centre equipped with the latest interactive electronic video games as well as pool tables and party rooms. Of course, all this is still under construction. "Our VIP area is probably furthest behind in terms of completion, but pretty much seven of the nine auditoriums are just about done with seats just being set up in the last couple," said Bill Tishler, Vice President Design and Construction, Cineplex Entertainment. With the deadline of the theatre's grand opening fast approaching the great structure's 3531 Wycroft Rd. location is now a beehive of activity with hundreds of construction workers pushing wheelbarrows full of cement, installing drywall and hooking up the electricity. The interior of the structure is filled with a white noise of drills drilling, saws sawing, different radios blasting different stations and while many of the theatres are nearing completion, other areas, like the concession stands and box offices, are still mere partially constructed shadows of what they will be. Despite the apparent chaos of the construction process and the fact so much work has yet to be done, Tishler remains certain the theatre will open on time and points out that the $12 million theatre's features will be well worth the wait. "This is auditorium #1. We have 176 seats in here. This is stadium seating with 18-inch risers," said Tishler, referring to how each row of seats is 18 inches higher than the row before it. "We have wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling screens, which are curved to ensure that there is a perfect visual for everyone no matter where they sit in the auditorium. We have varied barrier-free seating for our guests in wheelchairs and those with special needs. We certainly give them as much READY TO ROLL: The six bowling lanes are expected to be ready when the complex opens Dec. 7. opportunity as we can to sit anywhere they'd like along the barrier free path." Tishler noted that a stud wall and six layers of drywall with acoustic sealant between every layer ensures that what is happening in one theatre will not affect the enjoyment of people in another. "In our business the number one no-no would be to actually be able to hear another movie going on. To be watching a dialogue film and hear Star Wars going on next door, that is just the number one thing that we wouldn't let happen and because of this design it's not going to happen, there's just no way." Other, more subtle design aspects, include the use of lights in the arms of aisle chairs, which are used to guide people out of the darkened theatre. "Before we installed a trail of lights in the floor and the feedback we were getting, especially from some of our elderly guests, was that this created so much light that you couldn't see the stairs. They would look up and all they saw was light," said Tishler. "This new lighting is terrific technology because it shines down onto the stair and this grey material that we use on the stair is a reflective material so it sprays light right across." Even the theatre's 10 washrooms have felt the touch of innovation with televisions inserted into the walls, opposite the large trough-like sink, to give movie goers something to watch while they wash their hands. The Oakville theatre also houses features that have never been employed at a Cineplex Entertainment complex in Canada before, such as the Cineplex Kids Club, which serves as a kind See New page 11