Sapperton Theatre
436 E. Columbia Street,
New Westminster,
BC
V3L 3W9
436 E. Columbia Street,
New Westminster,
BC
V3L 3W9
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The Sapperton Theatre was located on East Columbia Street in the New Westminster neighborhood of Sapperton. Its single auditorium held 449 seats and it was part of the Odeon chain.
The Sapperton Theatre opened on April 22, 1938 and was acquired by Odeon in 1943. The Sapperton Theatre was closed in 1954, but reopened and operated until its final closure in mid-1957. It has long since been demolished and a liquor store now stands on the former theatre site.
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The January 13, 1958 issue of Boxoffice says “[t]he Sapperton Theatre in the New Westminster area, a former Odeon operation dark for the past six months, is being demolished.” The mid-1957 closing had not been the first for the Sapperton. Boxoffice of August 11, 1956, had reported the reopening of the house, which had been closed for about a year. Odeon cited competition from television as the reason for that hiatus.
A July 20, 2012 post at the New Westminster Record web site says that the Sapperton opened on April 22, 1938.