Daventry Arc Cinema: Opening date confirmed for delayed building

The Arc Cinema was originally scheduled to open in Spring 2021

The curtain is finally set to raise on a new cinema whose opening was delayed by construction problems.

Work on The Arc Cinema in Daventry, Northamptonshire, had been due to finish in Spring last year.

A second planned opening date in November was also put back following delays to the remedial work.

The four-screen cinema, part of the £12.5m Mulberry Place development being built on the former site of Daventry Library, will now open on 4 March.

Defects relating to a ceiling support system had to be remedied before the cinema could be fitted out

The delay followed problems with a ceiling support system.

Operator Arc Cinema said 15 people would now be recruited to staff the cinema.

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In December, West Northamptonshire Council said contractor Willmott Dixon would have to pay "substantial damages" due to the delays.