According to current Google Maps views and information, the gymnasium is no longer in the Victory Theatre building, which has since been converted into office and retail spaces, including a Rexall drugstore on the main floor which opened around 2017. The current Rexall space was also previously the location of a Royal Bank branch before that branch relocated prior to 2016.
The specific closure date for the Haida was May 12, 1992 as a result of the discovery of structural problems with the theatre’s roof, which would have made it vulnerable to collapse due to either heavy snowfall or an earthquake.
jwmovies, the theatre you’re thinking of that has three screens is not the Baronet and Coronet (which is actually further to the right in the picture, displaying the banner featuring the movie Shrek on its front above the theatre’s marquee (which identifies it at this point as Coronet I & II).
This theatre should be set to Demolished. While the theatre building was still standing in August 2017 (as shown in a Google street view), later views show that the theatre was gone by October 2018, so it was demolished some time before then.
As mentioned in the description above, the former Québécoise 2/Marquis is now a live theatre venue called the Théâtre Prospero and is open. This is its website (in French):
You’re right on that, Jake. The space that the Caprice had occupied (and I remember it well because I went to see The Spiderwick Chronicles there in 2008) is now home to a Dollarama dollar store.
As reported in the above two posts, the former Capitol Theatre has since been renovated to serve as studios for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s radio and TV operations in St. John’s.
The Cinema de Paris building is still standing per current Google street views, but as it is situated in a residential neighborhood anyway, it has long since been renovated for residential use since its closure - but a clue of its former use as a movie theatre is still evident on the front of the building (whose second-floor balcony was converted from the theatre marquee that had been there for decades).
According to the Star Cinema website, this location closed its doors on March 17, 2022, with an expected opening for the new three-screen Star Cinema coming in mid-October.
The Valley Drive-In’s concession stand was still standing when I shot some photos of it in 1994 in its abandoned state. I’ll post those photos as soon as I can digitize them.
With the takeover, the YFS has gone about restoring the theatre, starting with cleaning carpets and seating, replacing broken seats and fixing lighting. It has also restored the original Yukon Theatre name to the venue.
The YFS also has a long-term plan to remove the wall separating the two cinemas and adding in a larger screen to turn it back into a single theatre as it had originally been.
If luxury recliners have been put in as stated above, then the seating numbers are now less than half what they were (probably only 700-800 seats total) because of the amount of room the recliners take up.
That’s actually the Odeon Danforth Theatre in that picture.
According to current Google Maps views and information, the gymnasium is no longer in the Victory Theatre building, which has since been converted into office and retail spaces, including a Rexall drugstore on the main floor which opened around 2017. The current Rexall space was also previously the location of a Royal Bank branch before that branch relocated prior to 2016.
That’s the Pan-Pacific Auditorium itself in its later dilapidated state in the 1980s, not the adjoining theatre.
The Haida became part of the Famous Players chain in late-1967 and would remain with Famous Players until joining Odeon Theatres in January 1970:
The Haida was demolished in 1995:
The specific closure date for the Haida was May 12, 1992 as a result of the discovery of structural problems with the theatre’s roof, which would have made it vulnerable to collapse due to either heavy snowfall or an earthquake.
jwmovies, the theatre you’re thinking of that has three screens is not the Baronet and Coronet (which is actually further to the right in the picture, displaying the banner featuring the movie Shrek on its front above the theatre’s marquee (which identifies it at this point as Coronet I & II).
The old Uptown Cinema Centre was demolished in 2020 for redevelopment of the site, per this Gloabl News article:
Demolition day: one of Kelowna’s first movie theatres razed to the ground
According to this CBC article from 2020, the Paramount Theatre was mostly demolished in early-2020 with plans for redevelopment of the site:
Moncton builders consider delaying projects as pandemic continues
The old Paramount lobby, however, has been retained and is now the home of the Happy Craft Brewing brewpub (per current Google Maps street views).
Here’s the news article announcing the forthcoming closure:
‘Hard decision’ to close doors of Surrey’s Hollywood 3 Cinema, says operator of movie theatre
With the opening of the new Star Cinema now reported to happen on November 4, it’s time to change this theatre’s status to Closed.
This theatre should be set to Demolished. While the theatre building was still standing in August 2017 (as shown in a Google street view), later views show that the theatre was gone by October 2018, so it was demolished some time before then.
As mentioned in the description above, the former Québécoise 2/Marquis is now a live theatre venue called the Théâtre Prospero and is open. This is its website (in French):
Théâtre Prospero
You’re right on that, Jake. The space that the Caprice had occupied (and I remember it well because I went to see The Spiderwick Chronicles there in 2008) is now home to a Dollarama dollar store.
As reported in the above two posts, the former Capitol Theatre has since been renovated to serve as studios for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s radio and TV operations in St. John’s.
The Cinema de Paris building is still standing per current Google street views, but as it is situated in a residential neighborhood anyway, it has long since been renovated for residential use since its closure - but a clue of its former use as a movie theatre is still evident on the front of the building (whose second-floor balcony was converted from the theatre marquee that had been there for decades).
The ad from the Tillicum Drive-In’s final show has been uploaded to the photo section.
That’s actually a smaller replica of the original marquee from the Greendale.
According to the Star Cinema website, this location closed its doors on March 17, 2022, with an expected opening for the new three-screen Star Cinema coming in mid-October.
The Valley Drive-In’s concession stand was still standing when I shot some photos of it in 1994 in its abandoned state. I’ll post those photos as soon as I can digitize them.
And as shown by Mike Rivest’s ad, the Hyland became part of the Odeon chain from its reopening, then part of Cineplex Odeon in 1984.
The former Yukon Cinema Centre was reopened by new owners on December 10, 2021 and is being leased by the Yukon Film Society for movie screenings:
Yukon Theatre reopening Dec. 10
With the takeover, the YFS has gone about restoring the theatre, starting with cleaning carpets and seating, replacing broken seats and fixing lighting. It has also restored the original Yukon Theatre name to the venue.
The YFS also has a long-term plan to remove the wall separating the two cinemas and adding in a larger screen to turn it back into a single theatre as it had originally been.
The YFS' website is below:
Yukon Film Society
Famous Players originally ran this theatre before Empire took it over.
If luxury recliners have been put in as stated above, then the seating numbers are now less than half what they were (probably only 700-800 seats total) because of the amount of room the recliners take up.
If the Towne’s been boarded up, that’s an indication that the closure could be permanent. We’ll just have to wait and see what the official word is.