Minnesota Zoo IMAX theater getting $1.2M upgrade, including rocker seats

The Associated Press
October 29, 2014 at 1:36PM
The Imax Theatre is one of the first things that visitors to the Minnesota Zoo encounter, although the facility is not operated by the zoo.
The Imax Theatre is one of the first things that visitors to the Minnesota Zoo encounter, although the facility is not operated by the zoo. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — The Minnesota Zoo's IMAX theater is getting a $1.2 million upgrade.

The Apple Valley zoo's Great Clips IMAX Theatre recently added an IMAX Digital Projection System and will be adding a cloud-based ticketing system. The theater also is installing 482 rocker seats.

The theater will be closed for the installation Wednesday through Sunday.

Movie-goers can attend the first showing of director Christopher Nolan's new movie, "Interstellar," in IMAX 70-millimeter on Nov. 4.

The movie stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain in a story about space explorers using a wormhole to create a shortcut across the universe.

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