Landmark Cinemas

Landmark Cinemas
Private
Industry Movie theatres
Founded 1965 [1]
Headquarters Calgary, Alberta[1]
Number of locations
 46[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 46 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]

Current theatres

Theatre name City Format Former owner Extra Experience IMAX Digital Xtreme
Showcase 5 Campbell River Traditional Caprice Showcase Theatres Red X Red X Red X
Rialto Courtenay Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Columbia Cranbrook Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Centre Cinema Dawson Creek Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Aurora Cinema Centre Fort St. John Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Paramount Kamloops Traditional Famous Players Red X Red X Red X
Grand 10 Kelowna Stadium Caprice Showcase Theatres Red X Red X Red X
Paramount Kelowna Traditional Famous Players Red X Red X Red X
Avalon Cinema Centre Nanaimo Stadium ? Red X Red X Red X
Landmark 10 New Westminster Stadium ? Red X Red X Red X
Esplanade North Vancouver Traditional Famous Players, Empire Theatres Red X Red X Red X
Landmark 7 Penticton Stadium ? Red X Red X Red X
Paramount Port Alberni Traditional Famous Players Red X Red X Red X
Guildford Surrey Stadium Famous Players, Empire Theatres Red X Red X Red X
University 4 Victoria Traditional Famous Players, Empire Theatres Red X Red X Red X
Capitol Encore West Kelowna Traditional Caprice Showcase Theatres Red X Red X Red X
Landmark 8 & Xtreme West Kelowna Stadium ? Red X Red X Green tick
Soo Weyburn Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Tower Yorkton Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Capitol 9 Brandon Stadium Empire Theatres Red X Red X Red X
Garry Selkirk Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Southland 5 Winkler Traditional Empire Theatres Red X Red X Red X
Towne 8 Winnipeg Traditional Cineplex Odeon Red X Red X Red X
Grant Park 8 Winnipeg Stadium National General Cinemas, Cineplex Odeon, Empire Theatres Red X Red X Red X
Qwanlin Mall Whitehorse Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Yukon Cinema Centre Whitehorse Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Roxy Airdrie Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Oasis Brooks Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Country Hills Calgary SilverCity Famous Players, Empire Theatres Red X Green tick Red X
Shawnessy Calgary Coliseum Famous Players, Empire Theatres Green tick Red X Red X
Cardium Drayton Valley Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
City Centre Edmonton Traditional Empire Theatres Red X Red X Red X
Nova Edson Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Landmark Six Fort McMurray Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Spruce Grove Spruce Grove Traditional Empire Theatres Red X Red X Red X
Sylvan Lake Sylvan Lake Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Bolton Bolton Contemporary Empire Theatres Red X Red X Red X
Jackson Square Hamilton Contemporary Empire Theatres Red X Red X Red X
Kingston Kingston Contemporary Empire Theatres Red X Green tick Red X
Kitchener Kitchener SilverCity Famous Players, Empire Theatres Red X Green tick Red X
Wellington London Traditional Empire Theatres Red X Red X Red X
Kanata Ottawa AMC Theatres AMC Theatres, Empire Theatres Red X Green tick Red X
Orleans Ottawa Contemporary Empire Theatres Green tick Red X Red X
Pen Centre St. Catharines Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Waterloo Waterloo Contemporary Empire Theatres Green tick Red X Red X
Whitby Whitby AMC Theatres AMC Theatres, Empire Theatres Red X Green tick Red X

Former theatres

Theatre name City Format Former owner Extra Experience IMAX Digital Xtreme
Landmark 10 (Clareview) Edmonton Traditional Cineplex Odeon, Empire Theatres Red X Red X Red X
Landmark Cinemas Encore Abbotsford Abbotsford Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X
Landmark Cinemas Square One Mississauga Traditional ? Red X Red X Red X

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Us". Landmarkcinemas.com. Retrieved 2013-06-28.
  2. ↑ http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/eng/03617.html
  3. ↑ "Empire Company Announces Sale of Empire Theatres". Canada Newswire. CNW Group. June 27, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Landmark Cinemas of Canada Announces Acquisition of Twenty Empire Theatres". MMD Newswire. Mass Media Distribution. June 27, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ http://www.mmdnewswire.com/landmark-cinemas-canada-130252.html
  6. ↑ http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Cinema+chain+taking+over+World+Exchange+theatre+hopes+keep+open/9084663/story.html
  7. ↑ http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Last+movie+shown+Landmark+World+Exchange/9312756/story.html

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