Went last night for first time since reopening and to my amazment they have put ticket prices up to £10. With the VUE only being £4.99 and the Empire in Catterick only £3.99. Needless to say, we were the only 2 in the whole building.Do ODEON not know that is Darlo not Harrow.People here just won’t pay £10 when they can get it for half the cost or less.If they don’t drop the price I fear that it wont be long before it closes. This would be a big shame because after the upgrade it is a loverly cinema now.
Well have been to all 3 screens now. The foyer has all new carpets and electric heating as well as 2 new ticket collection machines. Starting at the bottom and working up. Screen 3 has a new bigger screen and all new recliner seats. Screen 2 has 4 rows of recliner seats. Both have really clear picture quality and good sound. The stairs upto the foyer of screen 1 have new carpets and led lights on each step the foyer has new carpets and electric heating. Screen 1 has been completely re-stepped with the back row being raised up so that the front row is further forward than the old front row. All seats are electric recliners. The screen is still in it’s original position, so nothing has been last in the auditorium and the picture quality is great as is the sound. It has not been painted yet but I am told that it will be in the new year. All the toilets have been refurbished as well. So all in all. It is a really great cinema now with very comfy seats and well worth the price. Seating capacity’s are Screen 1 162, Screen 2 58, Screen 3 46
I can honestly say that since the VUE opened I have never been to a film where there has been more than a hundred in, usually you can count on your fingers how many are in. Not sure if i’m right but I have believed that this cinema makes it’s living out of kids films. When there is a kids film Lion King, Dora Secret life of pets etc. it seems to do well. When the kids are at school it has stopped opening during the day. £3 a ticket or £10 for a family and it is within walking distance of many houses around North Rd it is “first choice” ( old ODEON catch phrase)for the kids. It may not be as posh but what do you want for 3 quid. At £7 a ticket I fear your right they will go into town to the VUE.
I have just looked at Odeon’s website for booking tickets for Star Wars and there is a layout of the auditorium which has double seats the screen has been brought forward and the tickets are £7! with VUE only been £4.99 I hope they are not going to be over priced. Only time will tell
Well the new VUE has opened in the town and I am surprised to say that unusually the ODEON is still open and it seems they maybe making a fight of it. They have dropped the ticket price to £3 all shows all days. lets hope this town is big enough for both of them.
The Tower was a great place! It had a very steep slope to the floor in the stalls and the whole of the side walls and screen were covered by gold curtains which went from floor to ceiling. The ceiling did have some wonderful plasterwork on it. It was kind of the city centre poor relation behind the ODEON and ABC which were just to the side of it and behind it, But it was great. They use to show the big films when the other 2 had done with them so I use to wait to see them there if they weren’t films that had stereo soundtracks. They also use to show double bills and kids clubs on weekends. Godzilla v some other man in a rubber suit. I went to the last show just to say that I did support it right upto the very end. I did get to have a sneak peek inside after it had closed and was very surprised to see that behind those curtains which had been removed was a very ornate auditorium with plaster figures down the side walls and marble pillars beside the screen.
In the time I was a cinema goer in Leeds the Plaza was always known as a sex cinema but I always wanted to know what it was like inside. Then they showed night of the livin dead. I was underage but determined to get in and get in I did. I went up to the box office and said one please the girl (who didn’t look any older than me)smiled and handed it over. First surprise! second one was waiting inside. What a lovely place it was much bigger than I thought, it had a balcony and was very warm and very comfy. what a waste of a beautiful cinema! It could have been so much more than it ever was.
never went to this cinema when it was open but always loved watching the neon pendulum which was under the clock. I did go and have a look round inside after it closed and was more a home for the pigeons. The seats were all still in place and the screen very sad to see it in such a state.
This was the first cinema i ever went to. My dad use to take me and my brother every year to see the new Disney! It was the cinema that got me really interested in cinemas, yet it is the cinema i know the least about! We just took it for granted that it would always be there. Even after it closed i use to ride down to it on my bike to see if it had reopened yet. I remember parking in the car park round the back and walking round to the front. We would go in get our tickets and some sweets or ice cream and then go upsrairs to the landing with the big glass windows right across the whole landing. Then we would go into the auditorium. This is where i go blank..I know it had a circle because we went upstairs and i think the curtains were Blue? I would really love to know more about this place because the night we passed it and i saw a huge digger sitting inbetween the 2 side walls and all the front was gone was the night that really hit home to me that it was gone and would never be comeing back. I swore to myself at the grand old age of 12 that i would make the most of the cinemas that were left. I went every week sometimes 2-3 times and i loved sitting there just looking round at the buildings but always thinking that one day this will be gone too…..and now they are!!! what a waste and a crying shame.
The ABC was at the end of Vicar lane next to the A64 ring road.The last time i was down there they hadn’t built anything it was just empty waste ground!!! what a shame and a waste.I loved that place far too many good memories to mention.
Things are back to normal now.£6 if your an ODEON member £7 otherwise.
Went last night for first time since reopening and to my amazment they have put ticket prices up to £10. With the VUE only being £4.99 and the Empire in Catterick only £3.99. Needless to say, we were the only 2 in the whole building.Do ODEON not know that is Darlo not Harrow.People here just won’t pay £10 when they can get it for half the cost or less.If they don’t drop the price I fear that it wont be long before it closes. This would be a big shame because after the upgrade it is a loverly cinema now.
Glam, former ODEON was demolished in june 2020
Well have been to all 3 screens now. The foyer has all new carpets and electric heating as well as 2 new ticket collection machines. Starting at the bottom and working up. Screen 3 has a new bigger screen and all new recliner seats. Screen 2 has 4 rows of recliner seats. Both have really clear picture quality and good sound. The stairs upto the foyer of screen 1 have new carpets and led lights on each step the foyer has new carpets and electric heating. Screen 1 has been completely re-stepped with the back row being raised up so that the front row is further forward than the old front row. All seats are electric recliners. The screen is still in it’s original position, so nothing has been last in the auditorium and the picture quality is great as is the sound. It has not been painted yet but I am told that it will be in the new year. All the toilets have been refurbished as well. So all in all. It is a really great cinema now with very comfy seats and well worth the price. Seating capacity’s are Screen 1 162, Screen 2 58, Screen 3 46
The Odeon Merrion Centre has now been completely stripped out.:–(
I can honestly say that since the VUE opened I have never been to a film where there has been more than a hundred in, usually you can count on your fingers how many are in. Not sure if i’m right but I have believed that this cinema makes it’s living out of kids films. When there is a kids film Lion King, Dora Secret life of pets etc. it seems to do well. When the kids are at school it has stopped opening during the day. £3 a ticket or £10 for a family and it is within walking distance of many houses around North Rd it is “first choice” ( old ODEON catch phrase)for the kids. It may not be as posh but what do you want for 3 quid. At £7 a ticket I fear your right they will go into town to the VUE.
I have just looked at Odeon’s website for booking tickets for Star Wars and there is a layout of the auditorium which has double seats the screen has been brought forward and the tickets are £7! with VUE only been £4.99 I hope they are not going to be over priced. Only time will tell
and lets hope they don’t put the prices up too much and finish it off. Looking forward to a long future.
The Tivoli was demolished in September 2018 to make way for a new housing estate
Well the new VUE has opened in the town and I am surprised to say that unusually the ODEON is still open and it seems they maybe making a fight of it. They have dropped the ticket price to £3 all shows all days. lets hope this town is big enough for both of them.
It’s good to know that something was saved nic. Did you by any chance take any photos while you were in there?
The Tower was a great place! It had a very steep slope to the floor in the stalls and the whole of the side walls and screen were covered by gold curtains which went from floor to ceiling. The ceiling did have some wonderful plasterwork on it. It was kind of the city centre poor relation behind the ODEON and ABC which were just to the side of it and behind it, But it was great. They use to show the big films when the other 2 had done with them so I use to wait to see them there if they weren’t films that had stereo soundtracks. They also use to show double bills and kids clubs on weekends. Godzilla v some other man in a rubber suit. I went to the last show just to say that I did support it right upto the very end. I did get to have a sneak peek inside after it had closed and was very surprised to see that behind those curtains which had been removed was a very ornate auditorium with plaster figures down the side walls and marble pillars beside the screen.
In the time I was a cinema goer in Leeds the Plaza was always known as a sex cinema but I always wanted to know what it was like inside. Then they showed night of the livin dead. I was underage but determined to get in and get in I did. I went up to the box office and said one please the girl (who didn’t look any older than me)smiled and handed it over. First surprise! second one was waiting inside. What a lovely place it was much bigger than I thought, it had a balcony and was very warm and very comfy. what a waste of a beautiful cinema! It could have been so much more than it ever was.
never went to this cinema when it was open but always loved watching the neon pendulum which was under the clock. I did go and have a look round inside after it closed and was more a home for the pigeons. The seats were all still in place and the screen very sad to see it in such a state.
Thanks for that but i have already seen all of those photos. What i would like is photos of the inside or someones memorys of it.
This was the first cinema i ever went to. My dad use to take me and my brother every year to see the new Disney! It was the cinema that got me really interested in cinemas, yet it is the cinema i know the least about! We just took it for granted that it would always be there. Even after it closed i use to ride down to it on my bike to see if it had reopened yet. I remember parking in the car park round the back and walking round to the front. We would go in get our tickets and some sweets or ice cream and then go upsrairs to the landing with the big glass windows right across the whole landing. Then we would go into the auditorium. This is where i go blank..I know it had a circle because we went upstairs and i think the curtains were Blue? I would really love to know more about this place because the night we passed it and i saw a huge digger sitting inbetween the 2 side walls and all the front was gone was the night that really hit home to me that it was gone and would never be comeing back. I swore to myself at the grand old age of 12 that i would make the most of the cinemas that were left. I went every week sometimes 2-3 times and i loved sitting there just looking round at the buildings but always thinking that one day this will be gone too…..and now they are!!! what a waste and a crying shame.
The ABC was at the end of Vicar lane next to the A64 ring road.The last time i was down there they hadn’t built anything it was just empty waste ground!!! what a shame and a waste.I loved that place far too many good memories to mention.