While the chain still bears Johnson's name, he is no longer actively involved in the management committee, strategic planning, operations, or public relations.
The focus of Magic Theatres was to build first-rate multiplexes in urban communities, bringing high quality facilities and technology, as well as job development, encouraging local economic growth.
There are/were two multiplex theatres in, or near, major cities of the United States of America, namely in areas which are predominantly African-American and previously were underserved by modern cineplexes.
I told Loews 'Black people are going to eat dinner at the movies'"No gang colors or "hanging out" in large groups was permitted in the theaters.
"[4]The venture dates back to July 1995, when the Magic Johnson Crenshaw 15 opened in the Baldwin Hills Mall in the South region of Los Angeles, California.