Park Royal Theatres
1086 Park Royal S,
West Vancouver,
BC
V7T 2Y5
1086 Park Royal S,
West Vancouver,
BC
V7T 2Y5
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Thanks for the picture of Park Royal Theatre’s interior. I never thought I would see it. Funny enough I saw a video on West Edmonton Mall’s movie theatres and the guy said pictures were not taken of the older theatres because it was pre-smartphone age. Park Royal Theatres came to mind.
1966 pictures posted. It came from What’s New? (May 1966) page 10 by Famous Players Canada, Ltd.
I uploaded a photo of the Park Royal Cinema exterior in 1997. I hope nobody minds.
If anybody has better quality photos or photos of the interior, I would greatly appreciate it.
The clipping rivest266 linked to says that the Park Royal Twin Theatres were designed by architect Ross Ritchie of Townley, Matheson & Associates.
3 screens opening on April 3rd, 1980. Small ad posted.
Better quality grand opening ad (zoomable)
Park Royal Theatre and Cinema Wed, Jan 5, 1966 – 22 · The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com
January 5th, 1966 grand opening ad has been uploaded in the photo section.
The cost of the land is probably what’s holding back any new multiplex builds. Cineplex I heard wants to open a new complex in West Vancouver.
Esplanade IMO, the bottom level at least, could be converted to stadium seating with some effort. They would lose a lot of seats but it could be done.
Having grown up in North Vancouver, this is the theater I went to the most (there was no movie theater in North Vancouver until Park & Tilford opened). I saw most of the Disney classics at this theater, including ‘Sleeping Beauty’, ‘Bambi’, ‘Pinocchio’, ‘The Jungle Book’, ‘Cinderella’ and ‘The Aristocats’ here, in addition to such 80s classics as ‘The Empire Strikes Back’, ‘Gremlins’, and ‘Superman II’. I was disgusted by Park Royal Management’s decision to demolish this theater & the bowling alley next to it, to replace them with ugly ‘big box’ stores – some of which lasted only a short time!
I’ve always found it amazing that after all these years, the north shore has not had a modern multiplex with stadium seating and all the bells and whistles. I like the Esplanade and Park & Tilford but would have thought that there would have been a SilverCity type theatre long before this.
There are talks about a new Park Royal Movie theatre due late 2013.