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SOUTH AUSTRALIA complex at Bald Hills. It will feature a 25.5 m Theatre, although there is probably very little
screen in one of the cinemas making this (and of old theatre left inside.
Adelaide Cinema 3 at Victoria Point), Queensland’s
The Greater Union 5 complex in Hindley St. largest screen. Cineplex is an Australian
closed in August 2008. The building had been owned, family operated independent cinema
leased to the Edge Church. Their lease expired chain. The company policy is to offer low
on 30 June, and they moved out on that day. prices for both tickets and candy bar.
Greater Union Cinemas will return to the West NEW SOUTH WALES
End in a move city leaders have hailed as a key
to the “renaissance” of Hindley Street. Parent Albury
company Amalgamated Holdings Ltd have The Regent Cinema Complex is about to get
confirmed its intention to reopen the multiplex a million-dollar make-over to create a second
early next year. Gold Class cinema that will more than double
its luxury capacity. The Plaza was built by ANA in 1925. It was
taken over by Hoyts, renovated and opened
Work on the project will begin next month as the Plaza in 1936. It acted as Hoyts’ main
after the mid-year school holidays. The
project, which will take three months to theatre after the Regent was badly damaged
by fire in 1943 and was closed after the
complete, will lift the centre’s gold-class Regent rebuild.
capacity from 40 to 70.
High-quality fixtures and fittings will be used
throughout the cinema, the major difference Oakleigh
for patrons being the cinema’s new large foyer. The former Paramount Theatre in Oakleigh
is undergoing demolition. The site is to be
Miranda
The GU 5 before closure redeveloped.
Event Cinemas opened their new Miranda
The next stage of the Adelaide Convention complex earlier this year. It comprises six
Centre rebuild is now under way, and includes conventional cinemas, two gold class and two
a 3500 seat Plenary Hall /Theatre.
Vmax cinemas.
Adelaide City Council has set aside $1.85 The development is on the rooftop of the
million to Malabe Pty Ltd, owners of the revamped Westfield shopping centre at
Regent Arcade to reopen the former cinemas 600 Kingsway, Miranda.
and activate Arcade Lane.
The complex offers the big sound experience
Glenelg of Vmax, with large seats designed for comfort
The Glenelg News of 14 July 2015 reported and convenience, a 20 metre digital screen,
that a “new $17 million, 930 seat, state-of-the- The theatre was opened in 1922 and operated
RealD 3D plus Dolby Atmos sound system.
art cinematic complex, will be built marginally as a cinema until the auditorium was gutted by
off Jetty Rd and will open its doors to the Avoca Beach fire in May 1973. The facade and foyer were
public in time for the summer block-buster undamaged in the fire, and the building was
The proposed redevelopment of the Avoca
season this December”. The complex will Beach Theatre has stalled. The Gosford rebuilt for office and retail use.
return movies to Glenelg, some four years after Council has refused to allow the application to
its only cinema, the Ozone, was demolished Boronia
proceed, citing flooding issues as well as
in favor of retail space. Metro Cinemas recently celebrated their 10 th
possible over-development of the site. There
anniversary. Operated by CATHS member,
were also over 1500 public objections.
QUEENSLAND Tom Schouten and his family, this popular
family oriented venue has become a favourite
Redbank venue for cinema-goers in the area.
Cineplex will take over the Reading Redbank
cinemas later in the year. The complex will be
given a full revamp, with new seating, carpets
and screens. The front entrance will be
redesigned and one cinema is to be converted
to a Cineplex Deluxe, which will seat
approximately 130, making it Australia's
largest luxury style cinema.

Hawthorne VICTORIA
Cineplex has its new Deluxe Cinema under
construction at Hawthorne. It will be directly Ballarat
opposite their existing Hawthorne 3 complex.
Got a spare $165,000? The cutting below is
from the Ballarat Courier of 4 August 2015. Reporting by:
Bald Hills The building up for lease is the old Plaza Colin Flint, Steve Maggs, Tony Tibballs
Cineplex is going ahead with a 10 screen Earl Martell, William Gray. Keith Davies

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