RAISING THE MOVIE THEATER EXPERIENCE UP TO THE GALAXY \n\n  Remember the days when the movie theater was an ordinary experience? It seemed that a few years ago the movie theaters were small, it was hard to see in front of you, and the screen was a super-sized version of the flat screen TV. The Regal Downtown Summerlin Stadium 5 raises the movie theater experience to the next galaxy. \n\n  My brother and I had been hanging out in downtown Summerlin. The mall will see better days ahead. At the time of our visit, the majority of the restaurants and stores were not in business. After walking around Macy's, Dillards, and Downtown streets, the idea hit me to go to the movies. \n\n  As soon as we stepped inside the Downtown Summerlin Stadium 5, we entered the movie theater of the future. The ticket counter barricade is nonexistent. As soon we walked inside I saw a lobby of plush seating and tables surrounded by a bar, concession stand, and a ticket counter. I could just walk off a downtown Summerlin Street to pick up a cocktail and hang out. The truth is that with the scarcity of nightlife and bars in downtown Summerlin at the time of this review, this is a decent spot to drink a Cosmopolitan, Long Island Ice Tea, or cocktail. We weren't here for drinking. We were here to see a movie. \n\n  The movie ticketing counter is to the right of the lobby. On our visit their were two lines to purchase tickets for any of the five movies playing. If we were undecided about a movie, there was a sheet explaining what the movies were about. Once we decided, the friendly woman at the counter showed us the monitor displaying the available seats. Just like the Galaxy Theater chain that has revolutionized the Las Vegas movie theater scene, the seats here are assigned. This reminded me of my recent review on the Oriental Theatre in Chicago where you get assigned seats. The adult ticket price on a Sunday afternoon is $13.A bit pricey but you live once. But if we saw the matinee the ticket price would be around $10.\n\n  Now my eyes were on the concession stand. I love complimenting my movie experience with crunchy nachos with cheese and a large Coke. The Nathan's hot dog looked kind of good. But not tonight. The Downtown Summerlin Panda Express had filled me up. So, I'd compliment my movie theatre experience with a large Coke that came out to $6.50. The large Coke was refillable. After the movie I'd refill it for the walk back to Red Rock Casino Resort. If I wanted a sugar free Coke I could order Diet Coke or Coke Zero. \n\n  To the left of the bar is where you present the ticket to the woman standing there. Beyond the ticket gate was a small corridor attaching the five stadium seating theaters. \n\n The theater brought comfort up to the next galaxy. This was stadium seating on steroids. The space between rows was a mutant space where a professional wrestler could extend his legs out and they'd still be room for a person to walk by. And the seats. When I sat on the leather seat, I felt like I was in a LincolnTown Car. These seats make the typical theatre seats passe The soft to the touch leather seats included drink holders, what looks like arm trays and a button that reclines the seat up so that you are practically lying back watching the movie. The stadium seating alleviated any blind spot if a tall person were to have sat in front of me. \n\n  One thing that hasn't changed is the coming attractions. Regardless that the start time of \""To Kill the Messenger\"" was 5:10 pm, the coming attractions ended at 5:27 pm. \n\n  The movie screen was Academy Award Winning. The detail of the screen with the surround sound brought me a galaxy away from downtown Summerlin. But when you are relaxed and surrounded by comfort times goes fast. \n\n  As I walked toward the streets of Downtown Summerlin, I had a positive feeling  that the movie theater has made a comeback. This is a comeback that I have read about in the reviews for Galaxy Theaters, the innovators of the Las Vegas luxury movie theater scene. It is a comeback that encourages me to comeback to the newest luxury theatres for an Academy Award Winning movie theater experience.