The Cheap Flicks in Battle Creek, Michigan closed in 2014, but it's being renovated by Moore Theatres, which has four locations in southwestern Michigan.

The Battle Creek Enquirer published an article recently about the company's efforts to renovate the theater, which included a new coat of paint on the building's exterior:

Plans to renovate the former Cheap Flicks theater into a first-run movie house are moving ahead with a tentative opening date scheduled for sometime in 2016.

Carol Moore of Kalamazoo, owner of Moore Theatres, said new screen frames are being installed this week while new speakers are ready for installation and theater drapery will be discussed at the property in the near future. Renovation plans for the theater include new, wider seats with increased leg room, expanded bathrooms and self-serve popcorn and soda stations.

Moore has yet to unveil the floor plan, the menu of food items the theater will offer or the style inside the theater, though the outside is coated in blue, green and gray paint with designs reminiscent of 8-bit video games.

Of the site, Moore said the plan is not to compete with the area's other movie theaters, but to draw in movie-goers for a first-class experience at the box office.

"We run a little differently and also I don’t realty think another theater is our competition," she said.

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When it opens, the theater's closest competition will be the Goodrich W. Columbia 7 Theater, which is less than a mile away, and the Carmike Lakeview Square Cinemas, which is located south of I-94 in the Lakeview Square Mall.