Ontario Place Cinesphere
955 Lakeshore Boulevard West,
Toronto,
ON
M6K 3B9
955 Lakeshore Boulevard West,
Toronto,
ON
M6K 3B9
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Opened in 1971, the Ontario Place Cinesphere is the world’s first permanent IMAX theatre.
The theater is also capable of projecting both 35MM and 70MM format film. The Cinesphere has a massive 24,000 watt digital sound system, installed for <em>Rolling Stones: At The Max</em>. It was one of the first theaters to offer full stadium seating, and now offers one of the larger seating capacities in Toronto.
Film offerings vary from IMAX amd large format documentaries to 2nd run Hollywood, as well as ethnic content such as South Asian and European films.
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This theater is just as amazing today as it was upon opening in 1971. It is part of a complex know as Ontario Place, which is actually 3 man-made islands on the Toronto shoreline. The triodetic-dome structure appears to be rising out of Lake Ontario apart from these islands.
Living in Buffalo at the time, I was a frequent visitor here. One day, I got up the nerve to talk my way into the projection room and was rewarded by not only a complete tour of the working equipment but also obtaining a few frames of a Imax print – which I still have to this day.