That's right, folks... we're moving! By the time our three year anniversary rolls around on September 21st, we hope to be completely set up at our new location in the Wilhoit Plaza, just to the East of Ophelia's. If you're not sure where that is, check out the interactive map below:

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That's a mere 0.2722 miles, or roughly four football fields, to the East -- you can easily walk from door to door in less than five minutes. Now, I'm sure you're all curious as to the when, and why, and what for, which I'll cover in due time, but for now I just want to highlight a few of the added benefits of our new space.

OLD MOXIE	NEW MOXIE
One screen	Two screens
75 seats	140+ seats
No discernible lobby, five folding chairs	A real lobby, with tables, chairs, sofas, etc..
Bottled beverages, no ice, limited menu	Bottled beverages, beer on tap, fountain soda, ice, and an expanded menu
Two unisex restrooms with one stall each	Separate men's and women's restrooms with at LEAST three stalls each
Reel-to-reel projection	Dual platter system

And those are just the immediately obvious improvements! There are many more less-apparent benefits like increased foot traffic, programming flexibility, closer proximity to MSU, and the ability to ramp up our community outreach programs that I'll talk about over the course of the next few months.

Our soft opening is tentatively scheduled for September 1st, with our full grand opening on the 5th, which means we only have 25 weeks to get everything done... as well as keep the Old Moxie up and running the entire time. It's going to be a stressful and exciting Summer, but if everything goes as planned, we'll all be able to enjoy a new and improved Moxie by Fall 2008.

I'll be back in a day or two with more (hopefully some pictures too).

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What? **waits a few breaths** No way. This . . is . . . such a surprise. **appears to be reading off of a cue card**

If you guys need free labor I'll come pitch a hand . . . until the end of August . . . because I won't be here then . . .


B33r and grilled cheese sandwiches during the flicks! PERFECTION!!!

I'm so sad I'm leaving. I really wish I could be here for all of this :-(

Well, we're still at odds with the intermission. The forecast is favorable that they will migrate with us to our new space, despite our transition to platters.

HOLY F@CK!!

congrats, i know im not a regular! (so what's my opinion, right?) but i really loved the old space, allot, it feels handmade and just really authentic and warm, yeah. about 88% of me is super happy for you guys! 10% of me is kind of sad about the loss of the old digs, and 2% feels gross for eating so many raviolis. gross....

any way congrats!

Posted By: brador at least have a rule that if a movie is over 90 minutes you have an intermission, and not if its under. or something like that..

This may be the road we take, but we still have a long way to go before we make any final decisions about that particular aspect of the business.

Posted By: timcongrats, i know im not a regular! (so what's my opinion, right?) but i really loved the old space, allot, it feels handmade and just really authentic and warm, yeah.

Don't you worry... we're going to work hard to make sure the new place continues the same hand-built, Moxie vibe as our current place. We'll be pouring just as much blood, sweat, and tears into this opening (yuck) as we did the last... that's how we got the paint to turn that special hue of red.

I am *super* excited about this. moving is always bittersweet (and the present Moxie will be missed). but I think this move is going to be great. I love the idea of have a place to sit and chill out and drink a beer if you accidentally (or intentionally) get to the theater too early; or if you want to stick around after to discuss the movie over a beer (granted that it isn't the late show you're staying after)...anyways, it's all awesome.

I'm definitely available to help with the whole moving process.

Greatness for great people. Awesome!

I love this news! But I'm gonna chime in too with the rest of the folks that are FOR the intermissions. It definetely adds to the art house/independent vibe of the Moxie.

When I am at the corporate googleplex, I have no reservations about tripping over an aisle of bodies to refill my vat of popcorn and empty my bladder, chatting on the cellphone and screaming at my kids all the while. The Moxie is an entirely different experience. I will hold my water, shut my mouth, and smash my cell phone if it so much dares to vibrate so as not to disturb my Moxie compatriots. The Moxie crowd is sophisticated. Therefore an intermission serves as a dedicated time where one can take care of business both personal and professional, talk about the movie so far, and get refills without interrupting fellow movie goers. If you lose the intermission, the experience may be compromised as these abhorrent behaviors bleed into the auditorium. Keep the intermission, please.

Thanks; but the best argument for intermissions? BEER ON TAP!!!

ALL RIGHT DANO! Congrats, Dude! Just a couple questions:

1). Any chance I can document the process photographically

2). Since I was closest on my guess about what the big news was (I guessed you were knocking down the walls to the adjoining property and fulfill your original vision a a twin-plex), do I at least get a cookie?

Coolawsomeexcellentness!

Yippee skippee! Congratulations on the growth-- it's apparent that you're filling the formerly empty niche of decent movie house in Springfield quite nicely! Here's to three more years of great movies at a great theater!

Intermissions make my bladder and tummy happy!

Oh, I might jazz up the color scheme slightly - but you can still expect to see lots of red.

I see that parking has not yet been discussed. Will Moxie 2.0 feature reserved parking for patrons?

i was wondering about that as well...
i deliver to the apartments on the second floor of that building a lot
seems that a large portion of the parking (on the south side of the building) is always used up
the far west side of the parking lot tends to have less cars... but still yet...
but yeah.. eh

so i didnt read any definitive news about grilled sandwhiches
but i was wearing one of my (many) moxie tshirts today.. when i stopped by O'Connell's deli
the nice owner lady mentioned that she heard something about you guys serving sandwhiches
i told her thats been in the works for quite some time..
but she seemed pretty supportive of the idea..
and suggested that it would be pretty simple and pointed back at some small grill thing she had

SO HOP TO IT!!

That's the space, Steve, but don't get your hopes up about the signage. There are historic tax credit rules that we have to work around, but I'll cover all of that in due time.