5 premium screens
Las Vegas
There are 5 premium screens in Las Vegas, across IMAX, Dolby Cinema, Chain premium screen and 4DX. The biggest picture is at Brenden Theatres IMAX at the Palms — 204 m² of lit screen, 27% more than the next room.
One room — Brenden Theatres IMAX at the Palms — can show the full 1.43:1 IMAX frame. Everywhere else in town crops to 1.90, which is roughly a quarter less picture on a film shot for it. Brenden Theatres IMAX at the Palms ran a 15/70mm print of The Odyssey — the only one in Las Vegas.
Ranked
Scored on the picture each room actually lights, not the fabric it is painted on. A tilde means the projector rests on a single dated source.
- Brenden Theatres IMAX at the PalmsIMAX 15/70mm Film1.4317.1 × 12.5 m204 m² lit pictureA
- Dolby Cinema at AMC Town Square 18Dolby Cinemasize unpublishedB
- Regal Red Rock Stadium 16 & IMAXIMAX Commercial Laser17.5 × 10.7 m161 m² lit pictureC
- AMC Town Square 18Chain premium screensize unpublishedC
- not
rankedRegal Red Rock4DXsize unpublished
Choosing in Las Vegas
If you are choosing tonight
It is Brenden Theatres IMAX at the Palms against Regal Red Rock Stadium 16 & IMAX. 204 m² of lit picture against 161 m², 27% more — IMAX 15/70mm Film against IMAX Commercial Laser.
Brenden Theatres IMAX at the Palms also shows the full 1.43:1 frame, so it is the bigger picture and the taller one. There is no trade-off to weigh in Las Vegas.
Screen you will be sold and never see
One room here advertises more screen than any film will light. Regal Red Rock Stadium 16 & IMAX leaves 14% dark — 26 m² of fabric that never carries a picture.
Ran the 70mm print
Brenden Theatres IMAX at the Palms ran 15/70mm film of The Odyssey. On film the frame is about a third taller than the digital showing in the same room.
How much of this is confirmed
Projector confirmed by two independent sources: 0 of 5. Single source: 2. No source: 3.
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