Chennai: Flights delayed? In transit and have some time to spare? By the second half of 2021, you will be able to quickly catch a movie before flying out to your destination.
The Anna International Airport will soon host a five-screen multiplex with the multi-level parking facility that is being constructed, the customers will also have a wide array of food and beverage options to choose from.
PVR limited will operationalize these multiplex theatres. This will roughly have more than 100 seats and is being built at a cost of Rs 250 crores.
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This entertainment facility will come up in the complex being constructed by the Olympia group.
The stakeholders are also trying to get a hypermarket to invest in this facility. The hypermarket will have a wide variety of exotic food and beverages to choose from.
Airport Authority of India has said that the multi-level parking facility will be able to accommodate about 2000 cars.
These theatres will also be close to the Chennai metro railway station, which is located at a height of about 27 metres.
Airports in India are expanding and many of them are following a model of “airport cities”. The concept of an “airport city” is one wherein the concept of traditional airports are done away with and the airports serve as a sub-city within the city, where all modern amenities such as retail shopping, entertainment and health and welfare can be found in a single geographical place.
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The Aerocity in New Delhi and the upcoming expansion of the Kempe Gowda International Airport in Bengaluru have similar plans.
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The Changi International airport in Singapore, which already hosts of similar facilities is billed to be one of the best international airports in the world.