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Cinemark Fayette Mall and XD
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3800 Mall Road, Lexington, KY 40503, USA
3,940 seats. Sixteen screens. CBL Properties built The Plaza at Fayette in 2006 as an open-air lifestyle centre beside Kentucky’s largest mall, and Cinemark took the anchor entertainment slot. June 28, 2006, was the opening date.
Stadium seating from day one. RealD 3D. Digital projection throughout. The XD auditorium and D-BOX motion seating came later, pushing the venue into territory that most multiplexes in central Kentucky still haven’t matched.
Theatre Overview
Stadium rows throughout. That was the baseline when Cinemark opened here on June 28, 2006, and it still distinguishes this building from the older flat-floor cinemas that served Lexington before it.
CBL Properties opened The Plaza at Fayette the same year, a 190,207-square-foot open-air centre directly beside Fayette Mall. Cinemark was the entertainment anchor. The location has 16 screens and 3,940 seats within walking distance of one of the biggest retail footprints in Kentucky.
XD arrived post-opening. Cinemark’s proprietary large-format screen runs wall to wall, floor to ceiling, with a multi-channel audio system custom-installed for the room. It is not IMAX. The chain runs it under the Extreme Digital branding.
D-BOX is a separate upgrade. Motion-synchronized seats in a dedicated section of one auditorium. Most people in that room are in standard seats and don’t move.
Nextdoor named this location a Neighbourhood Favourite in 2017, 2018, and 2019. More than 6,200 Facebook reviewers give it a 90% recommendation rate. For a 16-screen multiplex in a suburban mall complex, that kind of sustained local preference takes consistent performance to maintain.
Screens & Presentation
Digital projection in all 16 auditoriums. The venue made the switch from film at opening, not midway through a renovation cycle.
The XD room is the format most guests come back for. Floor-to-ceiling screen. Custom speaker array. It seats more than a standard auditorium here, and the premium surcharge is listed separately at booking.
RealD 3D runs across several screens, not just the large-format room. Availability depends on the title; the booking page shows which formats are on per film.
D-BOX occupies a section of one auditorium. The seats sync with the on-screen action. Not every release is encoded for it. Guests can see which titles are eligible when they book.
Seating & Auditorium Features
Recliners are not universal here. Some auditoriums have them. Others have fixed stadium chairs. Guests expecting a fully recliner-fitted building should check the specific screen before booking; cinemark.com notes which rooms have them.
3,940 seats across 16 screens. Average per auditorium: roughly 246. The actual spread is uneven. XD seats more. Several smaller rooms seat fewer.
Reserved seating at purchase. Online, app, or kiosk. The box office window handles walk-up selection for guests who prefer to choose in person.
D-BOX is a zone, not a whole room. Standard seats in the same auditorium see the same film. No motion.
Programming & Showtimes
Tuesdays: all-day reduced ticket prices. Cinemark-wide. Senior discounts are separate. The two together make weekday attendance at this location consistently cheaper than a Friday or Saturday night.
The core schedule is first-run studio releases across all 16 screens. Volume of showtimes is high for a Lexington-area venue.
Fathom Events content appears on the schedule: concert films, opera broadcasts, classic screenings, and live sports. The cadence varies by title.
Sensory-friendly showings run regularly, usually on weekend mornings. Private booking is available for corporate groups and events.
Advance tickets for the opening weekend go on sale weeks out. XD showtimes for major releases sell through before the film opens.
Ticketing & Pricing
Cinemark Movie Club covers one standard 2D ticket per month for a flat monthly fee. XD and D-BOX upgrades get a discount on top. For guests who see more than one film a month, the value is immediate.
Self-service kiosks at the venue handle pickup and new purchases. The app handles mobile tickets without any kiosk step. Box office windows take cash.
XD and D-BOX pricing are listed as separate add-ons at checkout, not bundled ticket categories. A D-BOX seat in the XD auditorium carries both surcharges.
Concessions
No table service. No server. This is a counter operation.
Alcohol is on the menu: beer, wine, and cocktails. Not a full bar. The selection is limited. Pizza Hut pizza is available alongside the standard stand items: popcorn, hot dogs, nachos, and candy.
Mobile ordering in the Cinemark app routes to a separate pickup window. Useful on busy nights.
The self-service butter station at the popcorn counter lets guests apply their own. Small thing. Regulars mention it.
Accessibility
Accessible features at this location: wheelchair seating, companion seats, closed caption devices, assistive listening systems, and audio description headsets.
Stadium seating in every auditorium removes the sightline problem that accessible floor-level seats created in older flat-floor cinemas. Front-row accessible positions at this venue do not mean front-row sightlines.
Hearing loops vary by auditorium.
Self-service kiosks are at an accessible height. Accessible restrooms throughout.
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Location & Parking
3800 Mall Road, Lexington, KY 40503.
The Plaza at Fayette sits off Nicholasville Road, also signed as US-27, one of the main commercial corridors running south through Lexington. The mall complex is visible from the road.
University of Kentucky main campus: roughly two miles north. Rupp Arena: four miles, via New Circle Road. Downtown Lexington: about five miles.
Parking is free. Surface lots ring the Plaza. Fayette Mall’s lots are directly contiguous; no road crossing is required between them.
Local Area Context
Rupp Arena is the first frame of reference. The 23,500-seat home of the Kentucky Wildcats sits about four miles from this theatre, and Forbes has ranked Lexington fifth among U.S. college sports towns. The University of Kentucky’s presence shapes everything in this market: the student body, the local economy, the Friday-night crowd.
12 colleges and universities operate within the Fayette Mall trade area. The UK alone enrolls more than 30,000. The campus sits within two miles north of this theatre.
Lexmark is headquartered in Lexington. An IBM spinoff, started here in 1991, is still based here. Toyota builds the Camry and Avalon at a plant in Georgetown, 17 miles north. Amazon, IBM, Sylvania, Tempur-Pedic, and Ashland Oil. Household income across the trade area: nearly $68,000.
The horse industry runs through everything. $5 billion annually. Kentucky Horse Park is a few miles north of downtown. The audience on any given Friday pulls from thoroughbred country, a university city, and a corporate-manufacturing base that extends well beyond Fayette County. 322,570 people in the 2020 census.
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