Empire Granville 7 Cinemas
855 Granville Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6Z 1K7
855 Granville Street,
Vancouver,
BC
V6Z 1K7
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Cineplex Odeon, Empire Theatres
Functions: Restaurant
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News About This Theater
- Jul 15, 2008 — Remembering "Die Hard" -- A 20th Anniversary Tribute
- Jul 15, 2008 — Remembering "Die Hard"
This is the last bastion of glory on Vancouver’s Theatre Row. In the 1940’s and 1950’s, there were a minimum of 20 movie theatres along several blocks of Granville Street. Now, in 2007, there is only one left. It is appropriately named the Granville. It was Cineplex Odeon’s mid-1980’s seven screen showpiece that was built to replace the Coronet Twin and the Odeon. (The latter is now the Plaza nightclub.) It was opened on June 19, 1987.
In 2006 it became a discount theatre. It showed second run films and artsy/obscure fare. It was still a very beautiful theatre and well worth a trip downtown. It closed on November 4, 2012. On December 12, 2024 it reopened as the Rec-Room Granville entertainment centre, with games to play and restaurant.
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Sad to hear about the Granville 7, the only one left on the once thriving “theatre row” on Granville st. Of all the theatres I’ve been to in Vancouver, I never did get to this one. Now downtown Vancouver will be just like downtown Chicago and Boston which only has 2 multiplex locations in each city. End of an era I guess.
Status should read closed. The theatre closed is doors on November 4.
Granville 7 cinema closure threatens Vancouver International Film Festival
Here is a link for a terrific website showing the dismantling of the Granville Seven.
WARNING: The following pictures contain graphic images that will offend anyone who loved this theatre.
http://adventuresinmikeslife.blogspot.ca/2012/11/granville-7-theater-interior-demolition.html
The Granville 7 just suffered extensive water damage caused from metal thieves who stripped out the wiring and broke a water pipe in the process.
Here is the Global link to the water damage story:
http://globalnews.ca/video/1195937/granville-theatres-flooded-by-metal-thieves
Opened on June 19th, 1987. Grand opening ad posted.
ad:
Granville Cinemas opening Fri, Jun 19, 1987 – 39 · The Vancouver Sun (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) · Newspapers.com
2019 plan for the building.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/855-granville-street-cineplex-rec-room-exterior?fbclid=IwAR2rEUWuKxJI2Yn2IPKBMcwyhyAcsbTsXufnMk8zSTc4m6wHE3Za8_FTShY
The opening films of the Granville 7 in 1987 include Roxanne (Dolby Stereo THX), Predator (Dolby Stereo), The Believers (Dolby Stereo THX), Swimming to Cambodia, Hollywood Shuffle, and The River’s Edge (Dolby Stereo). Its final day was on November 4, 2012, and its final films include Here Comes the Boom, The Bourne Legacy, Ted, and The Dark Knight Rises.
The Rec Room just opened December 12/24 in the old Granville Seven location on Granville Street.
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/the-rec-room-downtown-vancouver-open