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Odeon cinema in Reading, Berkshire in 1945 with filmgoers outside queuing for tickets. Odeon Cinemas was created in 1928 by entrepreneur Oscar Deutsch. [5] Odeon publicists liked to claim that the name of the cinemas was derived from his motto, "Oscar Deutsch Entertains Our Nation", [5] but it had been used for cinemas in France and Italy in the 1920s, and the word is actually Ancient Greek ...
The site was branded separately as Edinburgh Fort. Eventually both sites were renamed under its current name in the late 1990s. [3] In 2008, the cinema, which was now operated by Odeon Cinemas, along with Megabowl; the adjacent bowling alley, was closed down and demolished. In late-2013 work started on a £24m extension to the park.
Edinburgh EH1 3AA: Opening date: 2002 [1] Developer: Pillar Projects, Parlison Properties Ltd: Owner: Triple B [2] Architect: Allan Murray Architects: No. of anchor tenants: 1 : No. of floors: 10 (including 3 sub levels). [3] 1 floor is used for retail space while 2 are used for the cinema. [4] Parking: 990: Public transit access: Edinburgh ...
Odeon Cinemas heralded a triumphant return to film on Thursday evening with the re-opening of their new theatre, Odeon West End Luxe. Situated on Leicester Square (just a stone’s throw from ...
On January 25, 1988, Columbia agreed to acquire USA Cinemas Inc., with 325 screens, for $165 million; the acquisition was closed on March 2. [9] Later in 1988, Loews bought 48 screens in the Washington, D.C. area from Roth Enterprises, M&R Theatres with 70 screens in the Chicago area, and JF Theatres, Inc. with 66 screens in the Baltimore area.
Vue bought the company, Apollo, in May 2012, retaining 14 new sites across the United Kingdom, making it the third largest cinema company in the United Kingdom, behind Odeon and Cineworld. [7] In May 2013, Vue Entertainment acquired Multikino, the Polish cinema operator owning thirty cinemas with almost 250 screens in Poland and Baltic ...
In April 2015, the company reached an agreement to buy four cinemas from its larger rival Odeon for £7.1 million. [6] In August 2013, The Guardian reported that the entire non-management staff of about 100 was employed on zero-hour contracts, earning just above the minimum wage, and without any guaranteed set hours each week. [7]
Ireland has a relatively high rate of cinema attendance, and had the highest rate in Europe in 2017. [17] There are several cinema chains operating in Ireland. Among them are ODEON Cinemas (formerly UCI/Storm Cinemas), Omniplex, IMC Cinemas (Both Omniplex and IMC are owned by the Ward Anderson group), Cineworld, Vue and Movies@Cinemas.