Peterborough's Odeon Luxe Cinema is expected to open next month
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00:00The opening of the £60m Odeon Cinema at the Queensgate Shopping Centre in Peterborough
00:06promises to be a box office smash for the city. While a date has still to be set for
00:11the official launch, it is expected that the doors will open to the 8-screen IMAX cinema
00:16in November. It will be in time for audiences to enjoy the latest big screen releases from
00:22Deadpool and Wolverine, Gladiator, to Wicked and Paddington in Peru. Recruitment for about
00:2840 staff to work in the cinema is already underway, with the Odeon Cinema Group set
00:33to be represented at a job fair in Peterborough next week on September 20th. The cinema occupies
00:39about 25,000 square feet at the Queensgate Centre, and Odeon bosses say the cinema, which
00:46is the group's first in Cambridgeshire, will feature more than 600 seats, cutting-edge
00:51sound technology, plus an extensive food and drinks offer for customers before, during
00:57and after the screening, and which is all billed as a crucial part of the cinema experience.
01:04The opening will transform the look of the Queensgate Shopping Centre, which is also
01:08eagerly awaiting the arrival of retail giant Fraser's next year. Fraser's is expected to
01:15occupy the units that once housed department store chain John Lewis. The store closed in
01:202021 and the units have remained boarded up ever since.