Lougheed Mall Cinemas
9855 Austin Avenue,
Burnaby,
BC
V3J 1N4
9855 Austin Avenue,
Burnaby,
BC
V3J 1N4
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Previously operated by: A Theatre Near You, Famous Players
Previous Names: Lougheed Mall Cinema 1,2,3
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Famous Players opened the Lougheed Mall Cinemas 1,2,3 on December 5, 1969. Seating was listed at 1,526. This was the first triplex to open in Canada or so they say. The cinemas closed on January 31, 1991 and was reopened on November 22, 1991 by the A Theatre Near You chain. It closed its final time in January 2002 when it was operated by an independent operator.
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December 5th, 1969 grand opening ad in the photo section
The Lougheed Mall Cinemas were closed by FP in February 1991 and reopened in November 1991 as a second-run house operated by a small chain called A Theatre Near You. 20th Century Theatres never operated outside of Ontario and had already been folded into Famous Players around 1980-81.
As cited in this retrospective article, the Lougheed Mall held the longest-running engagement of “The Bad News Bears” (1976) in Canada (and the second-longest in North America).
ScreenClassic is correct. The longest Lougheed was ever closed for was the nine months it took to transition it from a first run theatre to a second run cinema.
Oh and fun fact : The cinemas are actually still there! They just built Flight Centre and Sport Chek in front of them. A friend of mine that works at Tim Hortons and my neighbour that works at London Drugs both told me. So if they wanted to at any time in the future, they could remove Flight Centre and Sport Chek and reopen. They’d just have to do one hell of a lot of mopping, dusting, etc.
This was one of the biggest 70mm houses in the Vancouver area. It played pretty much whatever The Stanley was running downtown.
After reading Darren’s above post, I got in touch with mall management who did confirm the cinemas are still there. Of course, my request to go for a tour of them was denied.
Very curious to know what was left behind.
December 5th, 1969 ad:
Lougheed Mall Cinemas 3 opening Fri, Dec 5, 1969 – 75 · The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com
Famous Players closed the Lougheed on January 31, 1991, but a small chain called “A Theatre Near You” reopened the Lougheed Mall Cinemas on November 22, 1991. It was last operated independently by Lougheed Cinemas who closed the theater in January 2002.