Landmark Cinemas
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| Private | |
| Industry | Movie theatres |
| Founded | 1965 [1] |
| Headquarters | Calgary, Alberta[1] |
Number of locations | 48[1] |
Area served | Western Canada and Ontario |
Key people | Neil Campbell, COO |
Number of employees | approx. 1600 |
| Website | Landmark Cinemas |
Landmark Cinemas, Inc. is a movie theatre chain that operates 48 theatres across the four western provinces of Canada and in Ontario. The chain was founded in 1965. The company's corporate office is located in Calgary, Alberta.
Acquisitions
Landmark Cinemas' first major expansion took place in 1984, when it purchased most of the Alberta and British Columbia assets of Canadian Odeon Theaters as part of that chain's merger into Cineplex Odeon Corporation, now Cineplex Entertainment.
On June 27, 2013, Landmark Cinemas announced the purchase of 23 theatres in Ontario and Western Canada from Empire Theatres. It later added the Kanata and Whitby locations that were to be sold to Cineplex Entertainment, plus Ottawa's World Exchange Plaza.[2] This transaction made Landmark the second-largest cinema chain in Canada with 54 locations and 359 screens. The sale also included five IMAX screens in Calgary, Kitchener, Whitby, Kingston and Ottawa's Kanata location, and three Empire Extra screens in Calgary, Waterloo, and Ottawa's Orleans location.[3][4] Empire promotional offers such as Reel Deal Tuesdays and University/College Student Combo were carried over by Landmark, but only some locations offer these discounts.
Empire Theatres in Ontario and Western Canada closed on October 29, 2013 after the evening shows which also closed Empire Theatres permanently. On October 31, 2013, the theatres reopened as Landmark Cinemas. The sale closed on October 31, 2013.[5] Branding name changes occurred in 2014 at the former Empire Theatres locations. Landmark Cinemas only operated the World Exchange Plaza theatre on a management contract for two months in 2013, from October 25 to December 29 when its lease expired.[6] [7]
Theatres
British Columbia
- Abbotsford (Towne Cinema Centre)
- Campbell River (Showcase 5)
- Courtenay (Rialto)
- Cranbrook (Columbia)
- Dawson Creek (Centre)
- Fort St. John (Aurora Cinema Centre)
- Kamloops (Paramount)
- Kelowna (Grand 10, Paramount)
- Nanaimo (Avalon Cinema Centre)
- New Westminster (Landmark 10 at Plaza 88)
- North Vancouver (Esplanade 6)
- Penticton (Landmark 7)
- Port Alberni (Paramount)
- Surrey (Guildford 12)
- Victoria (University Heights 4)
- West Kelowna (Capitol Encore, Landmark 8 & Xtreme)
Alberta
- Airdrie (Roxy)
- Brooks (Oasis)
- Calgary (Country Hills 16 & IMAX, Shawnessy 10 & Extra)
- Drayton Valley (Cardium)
- Edmonton (City Centre 9)
- Edson (Nova)
- Fort McMurray (Landmark Six)
- Spruce Grove (Spruce Grove 7)
- Sylvan Lake (Sylvan Lake)
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
- Bolton (Bolton 7)
- Hamilton (Jackson Square 6)
- Kingston (Kingston 10 & IMAX)
- Kitchener (Kitchener 12 & IMAX)
- London (Wellington 8)
- Ottawa (Kanata 24 & IMAX)
- Ottawa (Orleans 10 & Extra)
- St. Catharines (Pen Centre 10)
- Waterloo (Waterloo 10 & Extra)
- Whitby (Whitby 24 & IMAX)
Yukon
- Whitehorse (Qwanlin Mall, Yukon Cinema Centre)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "About Us". Landmarkcinemas.com. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
- ↑ http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/eng/03617.html
- ↑ "Empire Company Announces Sale of Empire Theatres". Canada Newswire. CNW Group. June 27, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
- ↑ "Landmark Cinemas of Canada Announces Acquisition of Twenty Empire Theatres". MMD Newswire. Mass Media Distribution. June 27, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.mmdnewswire.com/landmark-cinemas-canada-130252.html
- ↑ http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Cinema+chain+taking+over+World+Exchange+theatre+hopes+keep+open/9084663/story.html
- ↑ http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Last+movie+shown+Landmark+World+Exchange/9312756/story.html