The Crown Theaters Annapolis Harbour Center 9 is part of the Annapolis Harbour Center. The theater, which is located in Annapolis, is within easy access to Balitmore, MD, and Washington, DC, and is close to the Chesapeake Bay, St. John's College and the U.S. Naval Academy.
This theater is part of the Annapolis Harbour Center, which is a 290,000-square-foot center near Maryland's state capitol. The center includes over 50 retail stores, specialty shops and restaurants.
Opened in 1999, this is the lesser known theater in the Annapolis area and is generally regarded as the best run theater in the area. This theater also boasts a state of the art digital Dolby, DTS and SDSS system and has 11 screens---with digital projection used on screens 10 and 11.
Annapolis Cinema 11 is located in the Westfiled Annapolis Shopping Center. Considerably larger than the Annapolis Harbour Center, the Annapolis Shopping Center hosts over 240 retail stores and 50 restaurants and eateries.
Both theaters boast state of the art digital sound systems---Dolby Digital, DTS, and SDDS. In Annapolis Cinema 11, there is digital projection for screens 10 and 11, and currently, there's a THX certification for screens 1, which is the largest and best of the 11 screens, 2 and 9. This high-end digital system is the hallmark of Crown Theaters/Bow Tie Cinemas and is sets it apart from other theaters in Annapolis.
In 2006, Bow Tie Partners signed an agreement to buy the Annapolis theaters from Crown Theatres LLC, for an undisclosed price, as part of a package. All Crown Theaters in Annapolis are now called Bow Tie Cinemas.
Bow Tie Partners is an entertainment company with its main offices located in New York, NY, and Aspen, CO. The company specializes in redeveloping historic and significant properties. Bow Tie Cinemas, its sub-company, owns and operates high-end, luxurious, first-run cinemas. Its company motto is: "Bring style and elegance back to the movie-going experience."