Welikoklad Event Centre

4922 49th Street,
Red Deer, AB T4N 1V3

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Previously operated by: Famous Players, Landmark Cinemas of Canada

Functions: Art Gallery, Movies, Performing Arts, Special Events

Previous Names: Uptown Theater, Uptown Cinema Centre

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Former Uptown Theatre (now Welikoklad Event Centre)

The Uptown Theater opened on April 3, 1968 as a single screen theater.

In 1990, the Uptown added 3 more screens and was renamed the Uptown Cinema Centre.

Cinema one has over 450 seats, while each of the other auditoriums have just over 100 seats.

Landmark Cinemas of Canada owns the Uptown. It was closed in June 2008.

It has reopened as the Welikoklad Event Centre, presenting movies in the 185-seat auditorium, performing arts and an art gallery.

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Recent comments (view all 6 comments)

janm
janm on January 7, 2004 at 11:07 am

I couldnt find the phone number other than just the recording. We were at the 9:15 show last night Jan6th/04….Red Deer Uptown, did you find any white mitts there with snowflakes on them, I left them there, can you put them at the front I will pick them up? What hours may I do this at? Put my name on them if you can,
thanks Jan

janm
janm on January 7, 2004 at 11:08 am

I couldnt find the phone number other than just the recording. We were at the 9:15 show last night Jan6th/04….Red Deer Uptown, did you find any white mitts there with snowflakes on them, I left them there, can you put them at the front I will pick them up? What hours may I do this at? Put my name on them if you can,
thanks Jan

posted by janm on Jan 7, 2004 at 2:07pm

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iglaze
iglaze on October 22, 2004 at 7:10 pm

The Uptown Cinema Centre is the least attractive theater in Red Deer. The showtimes are usually not convenient, their showtimes are approximately 30 minutes before other theaters. I have most often been late for a movie showing when I have gone there. If you wanted to go out for dinner and then to a movie, you would have to wait an hour for the late show, or miss 30 minutes of the movie. I went to X-Men there, and was waiting for friends when the film started 15 minutes before the time advertised, therefore all my friends missed a large part of the beginning. 9 out of 10 times if you dicide you want popcorn, the butter will simply make the popcorn into soggy un edible popcorn. I have always had to go back for a refund along wiht many people I know. It’s funny when you go there, because there is always someone returning their popcorn and getting it without butter, and where is the fun in that? I also have to add that for the past year and a half at least, the mens washroom has had the sick stench of urine. I am honestly not joking in any way about anything I am saying. Please feel free to inquire about this yourself. Is there anything else to add to this.. you would think not, but sadly there is. I think that enough has been said though. If youre looking for a good evening at the theater, I would definately not recommend the Uptown Cinema Center as a first choice.

MarkRandall
MarkRandall on June 9, 2005 at 1:10 pm

Yeah…the last time I went to the Uptown was earlier this year and it seemed run-down. I recall seeing matinees there once in a while as a kid, and remember waiting in line-ups to see all of the Star Wars movies when they got reissued in 1997. I also remember seeing several films there with my dad in the summer of 1998.

rivest266
rivest266 on July 7, 2019 at 12:41 pm

This opened as the Uptown theatre on April 3rd, 1968 as the 2nd theatre in the Landmark chain. It reopened with 4 screens as the Uptown Cinema Centre on October 17th, 1986 and closed in 2008.

ScreenClassic
ScreenClassic on May 6, 2022 at 2:02 am

The Uptown Cinema Centre has since been reopened a few years back under the ownership of Red Deer Polytechnic and is now known as the Welikoklad Event Centre; one of the cinemas is still used for showing movies, while the rest of the building has been renovated for performing arts space and an art gallery. Here is the website:

Welikoklad Event Centre

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