Havre Cinemas to add two more movie screens

The owners of the Havre Cinema 1 & 2 plan to reopen a remodeled facility - with two more movie screens - after a three-month closure starting in February.

"We hate to shut down, but there's nothing we can do," said Gary Dupuis, general manager of Polson Theatres, which owns movie theaters in Havre and eight other Montana towns.

Dupuis said the company will create four smaller auditoriums to take the place of the two it now has, with slightly less total seating. The lobby, bathrooms and other parts of the building will be remodeled.

Havre Cinemas now has 506 seats. It will have about 490 after...