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The HOYTS Group of companies in Australia and New Zealand includes HOYTS Cinemas, a cinema chain, and Val Morgan, which sells advertising on cinema screens and digital billboards. The company was established by dentist Arthur Russell in Melbourne , Victoria in 1908, showing films in a hired hall.
Hoyts Cinema, the Melbourne Central Lion Hotel, entertainment venues and various restaurants and bars make up Level 3 of the centre. There is a multi-level glass footbridge across Lonsdale Street to Myer , with the layout of the centre allowing people to walk almost uninterrupted through some form of a shopping centre for over half of the city ...
It has more than 330 stores on one floor, with the top floor containing just the Hoyts cinemas, Pancake Parlour and indoor golf venue X-Golf. The centre is anchored by a Myer department store (4 levels), Target and Kmart department stores, Coles , Woolworths and Aldi supermarkets, as well as mini majors Best & Less , JB Hi-Fi , Rebel Sport , TK ...
In 1945, the last year of World War II, there was a box office boom and the British Rank Organisation purchased a half share in Greater Union Theatres. During this time Greater Union acquired the rights of ownership of many theatres across the country including what became the Phoenician Club in Broadway, Sydney in 1943, originally owned by McIntyre's Broadway Theatres and established as a ...
Hoyts itself also underwent a major refurbishment. This included new recliner seats installed in all of the cinemas, as well as an overall modernisation of the complex. A new Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop opened near the entrance, in the old ticket box space. The latest redevelopment saw the entire Level 1 space undergo a major renovation.
In early 2001, QIC announced plans for an expansion of the new buildings. This included a Hoyts 12 screen cinema complex, new restaurants (including a Pancake Parlour), a Big W store, and a Bi-Lo Mega Fresh store. A regular Bi-Lo store opened instead in October 2002 with the cinemas opening on 26 December later in the same year.
Imagine Cinemas – 14 locations and 90 screens, in Ontario and BC. Landmark Cinemas – Canada's second-largest chain with 45 locations and 317 screens in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and the Yukon; Rainbow and Magic Lantern Cinemas – 11 locations and 43 screens operating in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan
In 2005, the Hoyts cinema moved to larger premises at the Melbourne Central Shopping Centre. On 15 February 2006 the Village cinema closed down, leaving Village cinemas at nearby Crown Casino as the main Village branded city cinemas. The Chinatown Cinema, which inhabits the former Hoyts MidCity cinema, is the only cinema left in Bourke Street.