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The movie-going experience in Saskatoon now includes soft-serve ice cream, reclining seats and a playful theatre designed for families with young children.

The new seven-screen, 30,000-square-foot Cineplex Cinemas complex at the Centre Mall opens Friday.

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Six of the seven theatre auditoriums feature comfortable, automated reclining seats and more space to move in and out of seats.

“This community is very, very excited,” said Cineplex spokeswoman Sarah Van Lange during a tour for The StarPhoenix on Thursday.

She said she’s helped open theatres across Canada for more than four years and called the anticipation “unique to this community.”

Photo by Liam Richards / Saskatoon StarPhoenix

The new complex replaces the seven-screen Centre Cinemas, which closed last weekend. Rainbow Cinemas, the second-run complex at the Centre Mall, will also be ousted when its lease expires in the spring as a result of an exclusivity contract with Cineplex.