BritishColumbiamovie theatres

Includes Vancouver

12/30/2011

VANCOUVER

5Th Avenue

2110 BurrardOpened 1996This Theatre shows mainly art filmsOwners:1996 Alliance2005 Festival Cinemas

Seating: 100, 214, 344, 177, 151Total 986 seats

Alma

Broadway and AlmaOpened about 1929 and closed 1955Famous Players owned the Alma,which had 678 seats.Apple Arcade117 Hastings EastOpened and closed 1977This was a mini porno cinema

Arts Club

1181 SeymourOpened 1973 and closed 1984

Avon

?Opened 1952 and closed 1956

Avon

?Opened about 1959 and closedabout 1970This theatre shown Chinese movies.

Bay

Denman and BarcleyOpened about 1939 and closed 1989Maker Enterprises and in later yearsFamous Players owned the Bay,which had 770 seats.

Beacon

?Opened about 1934 and closedabout 1945

The Blinding Light!!

36 Powellhttp://www.blindinglight.com/ July 1998-July 17,2003This 110-seat microcinema opened1998 and show underground films

Ron Keillor

Broadway

Adam and BroadwayOpened about 1944, closed 1961Famous Players owned theBroadway, which had 936 seats

Broadway

707 West BroadwayOpened 1977 and closed 1987Odeon owned this theatre.

Seating:Cinema 1 240 seatsCinema 2 211 seatsTotal 451 seats

Cambie

635 BroadwayOpened about 1944 and closed 1961Odeon owned the Cambie, whichhad 449 seats.

entertainment witha capitol 6Capitol

820 Granville Opened about 1929closed 1974 and reopened 1977 with6 screens, closed April 21, 2005Famous Players owned the Capitol,which had 2076 seats in 1950. Theentryway over the sidewalk wasdemolished in 2004.

Seating 1977- 2005: 1,031*, 472, 463, 252, 453, 261Total 2,932 seats * Largest cinema in an Canadianmultiplex.