With the smell of fresh popcorn in the air and the marquee lights flashing, Naval Station Everett officially reopened its base theater with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

After five months of renovations, Faultline Flicks welcomed Sailors back into its cozy confines.

The 25-person capacity theater, located inside The Commons, underwent $28,000 in refurbishments. NAVSTA Everett’s Single Sailor Coordinator, Marijo Umlor, said it’s mainly intended for station single Sailors and geographical bachelor population.

“We’ve installed new acoustical paneling and carpeting,” she said. “We also have wireless X-Box capabilities and have now implemented a set schedule of movies.”

As of now, Monday through Friday, from 2 to 5 p.m., Sailors can sign up for X-Box usage in hourly increments. At 5:30 p.m. a feature film will play.

On weekends, Faultine opens its doors for families with a special screening of a children-oriented film. 

“On Saturdays, we’ll show a family movie at 12:30 p.m.,” said Umlor. “The whole family is welcome, but parents must accompany kids under the age of 18.”

The remainder of the weekends’ movie schedule caters to single Sailors with a Saturday non-family screening at 2:30, and two more movies on Sundays at 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Perhaps the most notable change to the theater is that it has a brand new entrance. 

“The old entrance wasn’t in a main traffic area,” said Umlor.

The entrance was formally tucked away near The Common’s pool entrance, which wasn’t in plain view of The Commons main area.

“Now, when people walk into The Commons, they’ll see there’s a theater and hopefully we’ll get more usage out of it.” Umlor said.

The theater, which was formerly a racquetball court, has a catalog of more than 250 movies and about a dozen X-Box titles to choose from. Movies and games are projected onto a 17-by-13-foot movie screen outfitted with surround sound. 

“All of our movies are major motion pictures and we receive a majority of them before they’re even released on DVD,” Umlor said.

All viewings are free, with priority seating going to single sailors, however, if space permits, others can fill in the remainder of the seats after the movie starts.

“I think the theater looks great,” said NAVSTA Everett Executive Officer, Cmdr. Steven McLaughlin, as he surveyed the new facility. “It gives our Sailors another outlet for fun and that’s what’s important.”