ShowBiz Cinemas, a family entertainment center with 18 bowling lanes, 12 movie theaters and an arcade, wants to come to Edmond on the northwest corner of Interstate 35 and Covell Road. Developers are asking for an incentive from the city of Edmond. [PHOTO PROVIDED]

EDMOND — ShowBiz Cinemas is proposing to build a family entertainment center, with 18 bowling lanes, 12 movie theaters, an arcade, restaurant and upscale bar, near Edmond's new hotel and conference center at Covell Road and Interstate 35.

The center with its theaters with oversize leather seating and 70-foot curved screens are projected to bring in up to $12 million in sales tax money in the first year. It will create 150 new jobs.

Edmond Economic Development Authority unanimously recommended this week for the city council to approve some type of economic development assistance for developers Covell-35 LLC to seal the deal.

"We offer a superior entertainment experience," said Kevin Mitchell, president and CEO of ShowBiz Cinemas. "We are a first-class operation. My philosophy has always been, we do it right or we don't do it at all."