According to the Cineplex website, this theatre has recently been renamed as the Cineplex Cinemas Orchard Plaza, so that’s another theatre that has just lost the Famous Players brand.
Famous Players closed the Plaza 400 on October 1, 1992, and it was reopened by Landmark as the Coronet just over two months later on December 11, 1992. Links below:
Prince George Citizen, October 1, 1992 (movie listings on page 27 – the movies “Twin Peaks” and “Innocent Blood” are announced as ending Thursday at the Plaza 400, with no listings for that theatre thereafter)
The Spruceland closed its doors on September 30, 1992. See links below:
Prince George Citizen, October 1, 1992 (movie listings on page 27 – lists the movie “Unforgiven” as having ended on Wednesday, with no listings for the Spruceland thereafter)
Status should be set to Closed. The Metropolitan Theatres website no longer lists the Garibladi 5 among its theatres, and the photo above shows a For Lease sign out front. The theatre’s Facebook page was last updated in October 2012, so the theatre may have closed around that time.
Status should be set to Demolished, as there is now a condo-retail development standing on the old Van East Cinema site as seen in the Google street view.
Status should be changed to Closed. The Paramount is no longer listed at the Landmark website, as the theatre closed its doors on March 28 with plans to redevelop it as a restaurant and possibly other retail (stories below):
Status for the Pantages should read Demolished, as it shows in the current Google street view that there is currently new construction up at the old Pantages site. The theatre was demolished in 2011, according to CinemaTour – [link]
The former Eagle Ridge Cinemas space has since been renovated into a fitness gym, Club 16 Trevor Linden Fitness, as seen in the current Google Maps street view.
According to the May 17, 1991 edition of the Prince George Citizen (link below), it was reported that the Parkwood Theatre had closed two days earlier on May 15, as part of the planned expansion of the Parkwood Mall which would necessitate the theatre’s demolition:
Status should be set to Demolished. The Fraser was later torn down to make way for a bank, as the building seen beside the bank in the current Google street view is the same building seen beside the Fraser in the linked photo.
The Paramount should now be listed as demolished, as the current Google street view shows the former theatre site now being used for a community garden.
The address for the Capitol Theatre was 220 Bastion Street. It closed on June 17, 1972 and was replaced by the nearby Fiesta Twin Theatres on 91 Chapel Street, which opened on October 26 that year.
Any word yet on a specific date for the Capitol 6’s reopening? We’re into September now and still no sign of activity.
This drive-in should actually be called the Cape Breton Drive-In, not the Cape Benton.
Nova Scotia theatre listings (page 21)
The Famous Players 6 opened on November 21, 1997. Link below:
Prince George Citizen, November 21, 1997 (Page 13 – “Movie-goers get smorgasbord at Parkwood Place complex”)
According to the Cineplex website, this theatre has recently been renamed as the Cineplex Cinemas Orchard Plaza, so that’s another theatre that has just lost the Famous Players brand.
Famous Players closed the Plaza 400 on October 1, 1992, and it was reopened by Landmark as the Coronet just over two months later on December 11, 1992. Links below:
Prince George Citizen, October 1, 1992 (movie listings on page 27 – the movies “Twin Peaks” and “Innocent Blood” are announced as ending Thursday at the Plaza 400, with no listings for that theatre thereafter)
Prince George Citizen, October 2, 1992 (front page article – “Famous Players fades to black”)
Prince George Citizen, December 10, 1992 (movie listings on page 32 – announcing opening movies for December 11 at the reopened Coronet)
The Spruceland closed its doors on September 30, 1992. See links below:
Prince George Citizen, October 1, 1992 (movie listings on page 27 – lists the movie “Unforgiven” as having ended on Wednesday, with no listings for the Spruceland thereafter)
Prince George Citizen, October 2, 1992 (front page article – Famous Players fades to black)
Status should be set to Closed. The Metropolitan Theatres website no longer lists the Garibladi 5 among its theatres, and the photo above shows a For Lease sign out front. The theatre’s Facebook page was last updated in October 2012, so the theatre may have closed around that time.
Garibaldi 5 Cinema Facebook page
Status should be set to Demolished, as there is now a condo-retail development standing on the old Van East Cinema site as seen in the Google street view.
Status should be set to Closed. The Jan closed on August 14, 2014 and it is no longer listed in Landmark’s listings.
Status should be changed to Closed. The Paramount is no longer listed at the Landmark website, as the theatre closed its doors on March 28 with plans to redevelop it as a restaurant and possibly other retail (stories below):
Kelowna’s Paramount Theatre will Close at the End of March Historic Paramount Theatre in Kelowna to be redeveloped as restaurant
Also per my earlier post, in the other story linked below, it states that Landmark acquired the Paramount from Famous Players in 1987:
Final movie showings for Paramount Theatre revealed
The River City (according to its showtimes and to the photo above) has since expanded to four screens since Magic Lantern took it over in 2011.
Status for the Pantages should read Demolished, as it shows in the current Google street view that there is currently new construction up at the old Pantages site. The theatre was demolished in 2011, according to CinemaTour – [link]
Here’s the updated link for the linked photo of the Capitol from 1936.
The former Eagle Ridge Cinemas space has since been renovated into a fitness gym, Club 16 Trevor Linden Fitness, as seen in the current Google Maps street view.
According to the picture above, the theatre changed to its present name as the Roxy in 1952.
According to the May 17, 1991 edition of the Prince George Citizen (link below), it was reported that the Parkwood Theatre had closed two days earlier on May 15, as part of the planned expansion of the Parkwood Mall which would necessitate the theatre’s demolition:
Prince George Citizen – May 17, 1991 (Page 1, “Mall expansion plans under way”)
The Arcturus Theatre’s website is located here:
Arcturus Theatre
Status should now be listed as demolished. The current Google street view shows construction going on at the site of the old Dolphin.
The Apollo Cinema website is listed here:
Apollo Cinema
A 1985 view of the Fraser Theatre can be seen in the link below:
Fraser Theatre – 1985
Status should be set to Demolished. The Fraser was later torn down to make way for a bank, as the building seen beside the bank in the current Google street view is the same building seen beside the Fraser in the linked photo.
The Paramount should now be listed as demolished, as the current Google street view shows the former theatre site now being used for a community garden.
The address for the Capitol Theatre was 220 Bastion Street. It closed on June 17, 1972 and was replaced by the nearby Fiesta Twin Theatres on 91 Chapel Street, which opened on October 26 that year.
The Rialto Twin is now listed as part of the Hollywood 3 Cinemas chain, as seen at its website:
Hollywood 3 Cinemas
The Caprice White Rock is now listed as part of the Hollywood 3 Cinemas chain, as seen at its website:
Hollywood 3 Cinemas
The Caprice Twin is now listed as part of the Hollywood 3 Cinemas chain, as seen at its website:
Hollywood 3 Cinemas