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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 ...
EVT Limited (stylised as EVT) (an acronym of the words 'Entertainment, Ventures, Travel') [2] is an Australian company which operates cinemas, hotels, restaurants and resorts in Australia, New Zealand and Germany. It owns Event Cinemas, BCC Cinemas and CineStar, as well as golf courses and the ski resort Thredbo.
Event Cinema has seen a return of an older, affluent audience, previously turned off by the multiplex experience, and cinemas are starting to capitalise on this by offering waiter-serviced, high class finger food and alcoholic beverages, complete with bars and restaurants, a world away from the traditional popcorn/soft drink model; art house ...
Village Force Cinemas Crosstown, Solotech Link Duo, Mid Auckland number one In August 1999, it was announced that the Village Force Newmarket and Village Rialto cinema chains in New Zealand (both being 50/50 joint ventures between Village Roadshow and NZ-based Force Corporation) would sell half their combined share in both multiplex networks to ...
Newmarket (Māori: Te Tī Tūtahi) [3] [4] is an Auckland suburb to the south-east of the central business district.With its high building density, especially of retail shops, it is considered New Zealand's premier retailing area, [5] and a rival of local competitor Auckland CBD.
Newmarket is the birthplace of the following people. William Thomas Tutte (1917–2002), mathematician and World War II cryptoanalyst [62] (celebrated by a memorial installed in 2014 outside the Rutland Arms Hotel) [63] Thomas Elsdon Ashford (1859–1913), recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Second Anglo-Afghan War [64]
Newmarket's location on the Holland River enabled travel between Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe.A portage route, the Toronto Carrying-Place Trail, ran one of its two routes up the Holland River through the Newmarket area, and over the Oak Ridges Moraine to the Rouge River and into Lake Ontario.
Showcase Cinemas is a movie theater chain owned and operated by National Amusements. It operates in the United States, Brazil (under the name UCI Cinemas ), the United Kingdom, and Argentina. [ 1 ]