Tower Theater Miami Adds Cine LEDMAX Screen
The Little Havana venue becomes the third U.S. cinema to install the sound-transparent LED display ahead of its 100th anniversary.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Documentary
Bardan Cinema and Digital Light Sources signed an agreement to supply a seven-meter Cine LEDMAX screen to Tower Theater Miami. The installation makes the Miami Dade College-run venue the third cinema in the U.S. to adopt the technology.
Why it matters
The screen brings a newer display technology to a historic Miami venue as it is restored and prepared to reopen. For Miami audiences, it adds a local option for viewing content on large-format LED screens within a landmark cinema.
The screen is a seven-meter DCI-compliant, sound-transparent, SDR, 3.3mm pitch display, the third U.S. installation of Cine LEDMAX after two earlier sites. The stub does not give the installation completion date or the screen's cost.
The players
Miami Dade College
Miami Dade College is a public college in Florida that has overseen Tower Theater for more than 20 years and is restoring the venue.
Digital Light Sources
Digital Light Sources is a company that signed an agreement to supply and install the Cine LEDMAX screen at Tower Theater.
Bardan Cinema
Bardan Cinema is a company that signed an agreement with Digital Light Sources to supply the Cine LEDMAX screen.
The details
Digital Light Sources and Bardan Cinema signed an agreement to supply and install the screen, which uses patented sound-transparency technology so speakers can be placed behind it. Tower Theater, built in 1926 and located in Little Havana, is being restored by Miami Dade College ahead of its 100th anniversary and reopening.
Timeline
1926: Tower Theater is built.
- 2026-11-04
Agreement to supply Cine LEDMAX to Tower Theater is announced.
2026: Tower Theater restoration and reopening is planned ahead of its 100th anniversary.
Industry Context
Tower Theater's installation extends the Cine LEDMAX rollout to a third U.S. cinema after ICON Cinemas in Fort Smith, Arkansas and Cinema Quattro in Liberty Lake, Washington. The sound-transparent LED screen is positioned as an alternative to traditional projection in cinemas that adopt Direct View LED displays.
Moviegoers in Miami will be able to see films on a seven-meter LED screen once Tower Theater reopens. The screen's sound-transparent design allows the venue to position speakers behind the display.
The takeaway
Tower Theater Miami's new screen shows how a historic cinema can adopt current display technology during restoration. Readers interested in the venue can watch for its reopening ahead of its 100th anniversary.
What happens next
Tower Theater is scheduled to reopen ahead of its 100th anniversary in 2026, though the stub does not give an exact reopening date.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by Boxoffice.
