Bay Theatre
91 Chapel Street,
Nanaimo,
BC
V9R 5G8
91 Chapel Street,
Nanaimo,
BC
V9R 5G8
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This theatre went through openings and closings like water. Initially opened on October 26, 1972 by Famous Players with seating listed at 740. It opened as the Fiesta Square. Closed in 1992 and reopened again on February 5, 1993 by Landmark Celebrity Cinemas as the Bay Theatre. It closed again on June 8, 2000, was reopened again on May 11, 2001. Closed the final time on January 25, 2002.
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A local live theater company was using the former cinema to stage their productions, but has since moved on.
The company listed above as Landmark Celebrity Cinemas (which took over the Bay Theatre after Famous Players closed it) is actually called Celebrity Cinemas, a company that once owned the Towne Cinema in Vernon and was listed by that name in the Film Canada Yearbook. Celebrity Cinemas was an affiliate company of Landmark Cinemas of Canada.