This page, from the Nanaimo Entertainment Centre’s official website shows the floor plans of the two former theaters. Here is an interior photo of one of the auditoriums before the seats were removed and the floor leveled. There is a picture on this webpage of one of the auditoriums undergoing renovation.
This photo, from the Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society shows this theatre as the Plaza in 1946, with the Dominion next door and the Capitol across the street.
It will actually probably be a little smaller when the masking is adjusted for the 70mm presentations. Although many people associate 70mm with really big screens, 70mm can be properly projected onto smaller screens if they are masked to the appropriate aspect ratio. The result will be a really sharp image, but it won’t be the same experience as, say watching a good 70mm print at the Ziegfeld.
A photo of the entrance can be seen here.
This page, from the Nanaimo Entertainment Centre’s official website shows the floor plans of the two former theaters. Here is an interior photo of one of the auditoriums before the seats were removed and the floor leveled. There is a picture on this webpage of one of the auditoriums undergoing renovation.
This theater is one of four that is being acquired by AMC from Rave. View article
This theater is one of four that is being acquired by AMC from Rave. View article
This theater is one of four that is being acquired by AMC from Rave. View article
This theater is one of four that is being acquired by AMC from Rave. View article
A picture of and memorabilia from this drive-in can be seen on its gallery page at Drive-ins.com.
This photo, from the Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society shows this theatre as the Plaza in 1946, with the Dominion next door and the Capitol across the street.
This photograph, from the Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society, shows the Dominion, Plaza (later the Haida), and Capitol theatres as they were in 1946.
Here is one of those LOC photos.
Direct link.
A night view of the entrance can be seen here.
It will actually probably be a little smaller when the masking is adjusted for the 70mm presentations. Although many people associate 70mm with really big screens, 70mm can be properly projected onto smaller screens if they are masked to the appropriate aspect ratio. The result will be a really sharp image, but it won’t be the same experience as, say watching a good 70mm print at the Ziegfeld.
As HBH noted, the original theater will remain intact; the additional screens that will probably close were created out of basement space.
Here is a picture of the Capitol long before it was given its current appearance.
Another view of the former Oak Bay Theatre can be seen here.
A view of the theatre can be seen here.
Direct link to the above.
Direct link to the above.
There is additional historical information about and and a photo of this theatre on this webpage (scroll down a bit).
The theater is operated by Schulman Theaters; the official website is: http://www.schulmantheatres.com/locations.
A picture of the theater can be seen here.
The Senate has converted to digital projection: View article
There is a picture of what the site looks like now within the Silent Toronto article that was posted on January 22, 2011.
An article about the launch of the fund-raising drive can be found here.
A picture of this theatre’s entry area can be seen here.