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Oman Avenues Mall is one of the largest shopping malls in Oman. [1] It is a division of renowned LuLu Group International based at Abu Dhabi . It was inaugurated in May 2015, under the patronage of M.A Yusuff Ali , MD, Lulu Group, along with other key members of the Lulu management.
In conjunction with the Muscat Grand Mall, there are a number of other shopping malls in the area. These include: The Panorama Mall [5] Avenues Mall [6] The Mall of Oman which has opened in September 2021 and is currently the largest Mall in Oman. [7]
The cinema of Oman is very small. There is only one Omani film, Al-Boom (2006), as of 2007. Partly inspired by Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot, Al-Boom deals with the challenges facing a small fishing community. A joint US-Indian-Omani production, Pirate's Blood, starring Sunny Leone was co-produced by Stegath Dorr in 2008.
City Centre Muscat underwent an expansion in 2007 that doubled the size of the mall introducing more than 60 new stores and increasing its retail space to 60,484 m 2 (651,040 sq ft). In June 2013, the mall announced a second redevelopment to add 4,510 m 2 (48,500 sq ft) of retail space dedicated to entertainment and leisure. [2]
The mall's construction had four distinct phases: Phase I completed in December 2009, Phase IIA in May 2008, Phase IIB in August 2009, Phase III in November 2013 and Phase IV in March 2018. Across a span of twelve years, The Avenues has spent a total of US$3,061,500,000 in building and construction. The Avenues is home to a number of districts ...
The Escape Cinemas, the branch of PVR Cinemas, consists of an 08-screens multiplex with a capacity of 1,600 seats covering 50,000 square feet (4,600 m 2), which is the city's largest cineplex. California-based Giovanni Castor played a key role in the overall design of Escape. [5] The mall is home to the largest gaming arcade in South India.
In July 2005, Grand Cinemas launched the first IMAX in the Middle East at Ibn Battuta Mall Megaplex in Dubai; which eventually closed on 31 July 2024. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In July 2007, the Grand Cinemas franchise expands into Lebanon under the ownership of local businessman Selim Ramia, one of the co-founders of the Gulf Film LLC Group.
Launched with DirecTV in 1994, the Direct Ticket service, as it was known then, carried much the same output as other PPV services did: first-run movies (starting every half-hour), sports, and other special events. The service originally took up channels 101 through 199 when it first began.