May 11, 2006
 
Tri-State Getting Second State of the Art Stadium Theatre in Ashland
 
By Tony Rutherford
Huntington News Network Writer
 
Ashland, KY (HNN) -- Great Escape Theatres – which opened the Nitro 12 in Cross Lanes, WV last year – will open a 12 screen cinema with high back seats and Dolby Digital sound at the KYOVA Mall (formerly Cedar Knoll Galleria) here.
 
Architectural plans have been completed. The Indiana-based company hopes to have the theatre ready for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday season. Pullman Square 16 opened in November 2004 and was the first stadium-styled cinema in the region.
 
Since Pullman’s opening, stadium cinemas have opened in Hurricane (Teays Valley Cinemas), Logan (Fountain Place Cinemas) and Portsmouth, Ohio’s Republic Cinemas.