The yellow carpet hometown premiere of The Simpsons Movie took place on Saturday, July 21, 2007 at the Springfield Movie Theater in Springfield, Vermont after winning the USA Today Springfield Challenge which took in 14 different states before going into theatres six days later on July 27, 2007. The movie theater destroyed by arson fire nearly one year later on July 8, 2008 and reopening on July 16, 2011.\r
A.J. Burnett reporting. \r
Taken on the FOX 11 Ten O Clock News on KTTV FOX 11 Los Angeles.
