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23skidoo commented about Moviedome on Jul 25, 2014 at 7:46 am

Please mark as closed as it shut down in 2013. It was formerly a Zellers department store location before the onetime Franklin Mall was redeveloped into today’s Pacific Place.

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23skidoo commented about Scotiabank Theatre Chinook on Jul 25, 2014 at 7:44 am

For the first few years, every 10 minutes or so there would be a flashy and loud music and light show centred on the Sphinx.

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23skidoo commented about Uptown Theatre on Jul 25, 2014 at 7:41 am

This needs to be marked as closed as it’s no longer open and is currently (summer 2014) undergoing redevelopment as either offices or condos. It’s not being demolished, however.

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23skidoo commented about Grand Theatre on Jul 25, 2014 at 7:40 am

This venue is no longer showing films as it’s a live theatre venue now. It’s not correct to mark it closed but it’s no longer a cinema.

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23skidoo commented about Jubilations Dinner Theatre on Jul 25, 2014 at 7:37 am

The theatre closed after it was heavily damaged in a fire. Today, it houses a dinner theatre and a nightclub.

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23skidoo commented about Northland Village Cinemas on Jul 25, 2014 at 7:36 am

This was one of the last of the original wave of mall movie theatres. Its space is now used by Gold’s Gym.

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23skidoo commented about North Hill Theatre on Jul 25, 2014 at 7:34 am

The last of Calgary’s big movie houses. The final film shown was the Special Edition of Star Wars Episode IV. The basement was a bowling alley. Demolished as part of a redevelopment of the mall, basically to make way for more parking. The pedestrian overpass over 16th Avenue is immediately west of where the theatre entrance used to be. I attended the Calgary premiere of Jurassic Park here. A real loss.

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23skidoo commented about Esso Plaza Cinemas on Jul 25, 2014 at 7:28 am

I miss this theatre. I used to enjoy its $2 Tuesday deal in the early 90s.

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23skidoo commented about Chinook Theatre on Jul 25, 2014 at 7:26 am

The theatre space was used for a few years by an arcade before Chinook underwent a major redevelopment in the late 90s. The present day food court is roughly where the theatre used to be.

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23skidoo commented about Capitol Theatre on Jul 25, 2014 at 7:24 am

^ Expanding on my comment, the Capitol 4 is listed separately under its final name, Empire. Surprised at how little is in the main write up for this theatre which was Calgary’s premiere movie house and when it was closed and demolished in the early 1980s to make way for the Scotia Centre there was huge controversy. This was a beautiful theatre. I remember hearing that many of the seats were salvaged and installed in Castle Theatre, a live theatre venue at Aden Bowman Collegiate.

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23skidoo commented about Sundown Drive-in on Jul 25, 2014 at 7:06 am

I just checked the location again (also visible on Street View) and it’s now Sundown Storage Solutions. Better change it’s status to Closed.

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23skidoo commented about Roxy Theatre on Jul 21, 2014 at 8:42 am

Nice theatre, rough part of town. Originally a single screen, they added a second during the Towne Cinema era. Originally they were called the Red and Blue theatres. In the 1970s they regularly showed matinees of The Man Called Flintstone, Hey There it’s Yogi Bear and Godzilla movies.

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23skidoo commented about Capitol Theatre on Jul 21, 2014 at 8:38 am

There were actually 2 Capitol Theatres. In the 1980s after the original was torn down they built the Capitol 4 a block to the south on 1st Avenue. It operated until the early 2000s when the Galaxy opened and they decided they only needed one downtown theatre.

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23skidoo commented about Sundown Drive-in on Jul 21, 2014 at 8:34 am

Although the screens are still up, as of summer 2014 it’s being used as a parking lot for school buses.