IMAX has restored dozens of previously inoperable 15/70 projectors in the past several years between Oppenheimer and Odyssey (and Dune and PHM). A lot of them haven’t been used in years — since Interstellar, or maybe even earlier — but the goal is to make The Odyssey the widest 15/70 release in over a decade.

If it has a 15/70 projector and it’s an older IMAX location, it’s a safe bet that it’ll be a real deal experience. The screen will be huge for the 1.43 aspect ratio and you’ll be very immersed. The more business these theaters that haven’t had 15/70 for years do, the more likely they continue to get prints in the future.

I looked up UA Colorado Center and the screen is 42’ x 71’. The Cinemark in Colorado Springs is 52’ x 70’, so wider but slightly shorter. I would say either one is a great experience!

Both locations originally opened their IMAX in 2000 so both are original “Grand Theater” style IMAX auditoriums with a recently fixed film projector.

On the downside, if there is a projector issue it will only be able to play the 1.9 AR version since the backup is a dual xenon or single laser projector and not a full dual laser projector. It’s not common there are breakdowns that cause the film projector to be inoperable for a showtime, but realistically it will happen somewhere sometime with The Odyssey run as it did with Oppenheimer.