Florida Theater Chain Touchstar Cinemas Opening Theater Scottsdale

Touchstar Cinemas, a growing Orlando, Florida-based chain of luxury movie theaters, has set its attention on Arizona and has plans to open its first location in Scottsdale.

The company will take over the building that previously housed Studio Movie Grill in the Sonora Village shopping center, near Loop 101 and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard.

Studio Movie Grill, a dine-in movie theater chain, closed their location in the spring of 2020 due to the pandemic and never reopened.

Touchstar’s theaters show first-run movies, feature luxury power reclining seats, dine-in service and DLP digital projection and 3-D. The owners have a tentative Labor Day opening date.

They have three locations in Florida and one in Alabama that is currently under construction. Arizona will mark the chain’s fifth location, which is listed on the website as “coming soon.”