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AKA Brighton Mall, Brighton 3
Source: Kev
I was the manager of the Brighton from 1984-86. When I arrived, it was still a tri-plex. Although there was nothing special about the place architecturally - it was mostly cinder block - the place did have some state-of-the-art features at the time. It was the first theatre I managed (and I worked at many from 1980-1992) that had a computerized box office.
It was one of the first theaters in Michigan to have a Pacer box office computer, which printed each ticket individually and kept track of number of available seats with a touch of a button. It even printed out the box office reports. Sounds like nothing now, but that was amazing technology at the time. It also had three Cinemacannica projectors in the booth, and a full Dolby surround system in one of the auditoriums. It was also one of the first theaters I worked at that had a Potts Platter in each booth, which meant no change overs. There were remote starts which allowed you to start the projector from the first floor - it was pretty impressive at the time.
Sometime in 1985, the two theaters on either end were split from side to side, creating two small auditoriums, two medium and one large (the center) auditorium. It was a busy theatre and grossed well at the time - I had a lot of fun working there.