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Metro Retail Stores Group Inc. (stylized as METRO Retail Stores Group Inc., shortly known as Metro Retail or Metro) is a retail company based in Mandaue, Cebu, Philippines. According to a 2014 report by Euromonitor , Metro is the largest operator of department stores and hypermarkets in the Visayas region, as well as the second largest ...
The city eventually changed its name to Vancouver, but Granville Street stuck, and the Entertainment District derived its name from being part of the same street. Prior to the establishment of the Entertainment District, the area was home to a number of movie theatres, which gave that stretch of Granville Street the nickname "Theatre Row". [2]
On March 19, 1974, [3] the City of Vancouver bought the theatre for $7.1 million, with $3.1 million coming from the city itself, and $1.5 million from each of the provincial and federal governments. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The Orpheum closed on November 23, 1975, and a renovation and restoration was done by the architectural company Thomson, Berwick, Pratt ...
Revenues declined during the late 20th century, [3] and Famous Players closed the Stanley, which was by then the oldest operating movie theatre in Vancouver, [3] [26] on September 25, 1991 after a final showing of the Stanley regular Fantasia; [27] the theatre had previously shown Fantasia at least four times, in 1977, [28] 1979, [29] 1980 ...
Carousel Theatre (also known as Carousel Theatre For Young People) is a professional theatre company for young audiences located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The company stages plays for young people, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] families and educators at the Waterfront Theatre and Performance Works on Granville Island and tours to ...
A major fundraiser for the company was the Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, [4] which was first produced as a single-winery event in 1979. [5] [self-published source?] In 2011, following in-camera deliberations by the Vancouver City Council, Vancouver provided the company with a complex bailout of approximately $1 million. [6]
Downtown Vancouver, seen from Jericho Beach. Jericho Beach, known originally as iy'a'l'mexw in Squamish, [1] a Vancouver beach, is located west of the seaside neighbourhood of Kitsilano. It is surrounded by Jericho Beach Park, a grassy area with a pond, which is a picnic destination. Jericho Beach is the home of the Jericho Sailing Centre ...
The VIFF Centre (formerly the Vancouver International Film Centre and the Vancity Theatre) is a movie theatre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which houses the 175-seat Vancity Theatre and the 41-seat Studio Theatre, as well as the offices for the Vancouver International Film Festival. [1]