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Topic: NBA All-Star Events in 3-D
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Shane Cooper
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From: Little Rock, Arkansas
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 12-10-2008 08:35 PM
Here is an article from the LA Times about NBA All-Star events being broadcast live in 3-D. I also included a list of the sites that are going to be participating in this event.
NBA Events in 3-D
NBA All-Star Saturday will be available in 3-D Dunk contest is the featured event to be shown in 80 movie theaters.
By Diane Pucin December 10, 2008
The NBA is going to announce today that it will present its All-Star Saturday night program of the slam dunk contest, three-point shooting contest and skill challenge in a three-dimensional format at 80 movie theaters around the country Feb. 14.
"This is about embracing new technology and being innovative," said David Levy, president of Turner Broadcasting Sales Inc. and Turner Sports. Levy said he is not concerned that the theater showing would negatively affect television ratings on TNT.
"We're aiming at the Saturday night moviegoer," Levy said. "And we'll be able to do things with the 3-D cameras that we wouldn't normally be able to do with a live game."
Last Thursday, the NFL broadcast a San Diego Chargers-Oakland Raiders game in 3-D at three movie theaters in an invitation-only event and Fox Sports announced it would show the BCS championship game in 3-D.
Levy said the number of tickets sold at prices he estimates will be from $18 to $22 won't be how success is gauged.
"It's whether the transmission works, the production works, all these pieces of the puzzle," he said. "This is a test more than anything."
Steve Hellmuth, executive vice president of operations and technology for NBA Entertainment, helped produce the NBA 3-D All-Star telecast two years ago in Las Vegas. He said he expects there will be five 3-D cameras used and predicts the slam dunk contest will be "really spectacular."
Diane Pucin is a Times staff writer.
List of 3-D Locations Atlanta, GA Carmike Conyers Crossroads 16 Austin, TX Galaxy Theatres - Galaxy Highland 10 Baton Rouge Rave Mall of Louisiana 15 Billings Carmike Wynnsong 10-Billings Birmingham, AL Rave - RMP Patton Creek 15 Buffalo Carmike 8-Olean Champaign-Springfield Carmike Beverly Center 18 Charleston, SC Carmike James Island 8 Charleston-Huntington Marquee Cinemas - Marquee Southridge 12 Charlotte, NC Carmike 14 Charlottesville Carmike 6-Charlottesville Chattanooga Rave - East Ridge 18 Chicago, IL Carmike Market Square 10 Cincinnati, OH Rave - RMP West Chester 18 Cleveland / Akron Atlas Cinemas Great Lakes Stadium 16 Colorado Springs Carmike Chapel Hills 15 Columbus, GA Carmike 15 Columbus, OH Rave - RMP Polaris 18 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX Rave - RMP Ridgmar 13 Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX Rave - RMP North East Mall 18 Denver, CO Carmike 10 Des Moines-Ames Carmike Wynnsong 16-Johnston Detroit MJR Sterling Heights Marketplace 20 Detroit MJR Brighton Town Square 20 Detroit, MI Emagine Entertainment Novi Detroit, MI MJR Southgate 20 El Paso Carmike 16-El Paso Evansville, IN Showplace East 18 Evansville Fresno- Visalia Galaxy Theatres - Galaxy 10-Tulare Grand Rapids et al, MI Celebration Cinemas - Cinemas Grand Rapids - North Greensboro-H. Point-W. Salem Carmike Wynnsong 12-Winston-Salem Greenville-N. Bern-Washngtn Carmike 16-Jacksonville Greenvll-Spart-Ashevll-And Carmike 10-Asheville Harligen-Brownsville-McAllen Carmike 20 Houston, TX Rave - RMP Yorktown 15 Hunstville Rave - Valley Bend 18 Indianapolis, IN Rave - RMP Metropolis 18 Jacksonville, Brunswick Carmike Amelia Island 7 Kansas City Carmike University 8-Warrensburg Knoxville Carmike Wynnsong 16-Knoxville Lansing NCG Lansing Eastwood Las Vegas Galaxy Theatres - Galaxy Cannery 16 Las Vegas Rave - Town Square 18 Little Rock-Pine Bluff Rave - Colonel Glenn 18 Los Angeles UltraStar Apple Valley 14 Memphis Carmike 9-Dyersburg Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN Carmike Oakdale 20 Missoula Carmike 10-Missoula Mobile-Pensacola Wynnsong 16 Mobile-Pensacola Rave Bayou 15 Montgomery Rave Festival Plaza 16 Nashville, TN Carmike - Thoroughbred 20 Nashville, TN NCG - Gallatin Cinemas New York, NY AccessIT - Pavillion Digital Showcase Theatre New York, NY Marquee Cinemas - Orchard Cinema 10 Oklahoma City Carmike 10-Stillwater Orlando et al, FL Rave - RMP Avenue 16 Peoria-Bloomington Rave - Grand Prairie 18 Philadelphia, PA Rave - RMP Promenade 16 Phoenix UltraStar - Surprise Pointe 14 Pittsburgh Carmike 10-Pittsburgh Raleigh-Durham Carmike Market Fair 15 Raleigh-Durham Marquee Wakefield 12 Reno Galaxy Fandango 10 Roanoke-Lynchburg Carmike 10 Sacramnto-Stktn-Modesto Galaxy 12-Riverbank Salt Lake City Carmike Wynnsong 12-Provo San Diego UltraStar - Del Mar Highlands 8 San Diego UltraStar - Mission Valley 7 (San Diego, CA) San Francisco et al, CA Cinema West - Boulevard Cinemas 12 San Francisco-Oak-San Jose Cinema West - Cinema West 13-Livermore San Francisco-Oak-San Jose Cinema West - Cinema West Contra Costa 8 Savannah Carmike Wynnsong 11-Savannah Seattle-Tacoma Galaxy Theatres - Uptown 10 Tampa-St. Pete et al, FL Carmike Royal Palm 20 Topeka, KS Carmike - Seth Childs 12 Tri Cities, TN-VA Carmike - Johnson City 14 Tyler-Longview (Lfkn&Ncgd) Carmike 14-Tyler Utica Marquee Orchard 14-New Hartford Washington, DC Marquee Cinemas - Marquee Southpoint 9 West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce Rave - Port St. Lucie 14
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