Odeon Port Arthur
28 Court Street South,
Thunder Bay,
ON
P7B 2W5
28 Court Street South,
Thunder Bay,
ON
P7B 2W5
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The fairly large Odeon and Paramount theatres dominated this stretch of Court Street across from Eatons department store and the Post Office in downtown Port Arthur, now the northern half of the city of Thunder Bay. The Odeon is located on the corner of Court Street South and Park Avenue.
The Odeon Port Arthur opened on November 4, 1948 with “Jassy” starring Margaret Lockwood. It was built by the British owned Rank Organisation, under their subsidiary Odeon Theatres Canada. The following day, they opened the Odeon Fort William, Thunder Bay.
In around 1965, it had a name change to Court Theatre. The Odeon was still in use in the 1980’s, but has most recently housed a nightclub, known as the Odeon Court, the 807 Club, and said in 2008 it could be re-named Flaminco Club.
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I haven’t been to Thunder Bay in a while, but have fond childhood memories of this theater. I’ve heard that Eatons dept. store across the street has closed and is up for sale as of 2005. Hopefully someone out there has more info on this theatre and it’s current function(s).
The Odeon Theatre on Court Street currently houses a nightclub called “Warp 9” It has switched names many times over the years and types of clubs in side but the general structure never changed besides building up from the slanted floors with wooden risers and the dance floor being centre of the room on the original concret floor. The Paramount Theatre down the street is a childrens play centre called wiggles and giggles. The main floor has a large childrens play centre and upstairs on the closed off balcony ius still a small theatre for childrens movies during birthday parties. As per the old Eatons dept store is now a call centre…. (go figure)