Rialto Cinemas

DavidSimpson on December 21, 2024 at 1:55 am

When I visited the Rialto, with my friend Gene Sorkin, the very amicable manager gave us a guided tour, explaining how this now seven screen cinema had developed over the years. I gather that the original Rialto opened in 1925, but suffered a serious fire in the 1960s. The building then became a factory, before being reincarnated as a three screen art-house cinema in 1994-95. Since then, it has gone to being a five screen complex to the present seven screens. The manager showed how this had been achieved, and pointed out a previous entrance to the screens, off the foyer, which is now the customer toilets!

Current seating capacities are: Screen 1:60, Screen 2:60, Screen 3:192, Screen 4:107, Screen 5:75, Screen 6:65 and Screen 7:75. A total of 634 seats.