![]() ![]() The stylish VIP Lounge (above) includes flatscreen TVs, a fireplace, and a bar (below). In-seat food and beverage service can be ordered from a menu which ranges from traditional movie-theatre fare like fountain drinks, popcorn, and candy to more sophisticated offerings such as mocktails, appetizers like edamame and deep-fried pickles, meal items such as wraps and flatbread pizza, and more. ![]() Reclining loungers (shown below) are available only in the front row. The adult-only VIP Cinema auditoriums offer high-back leather rocker seats with retractable trays (arranged in pairs to allow couples to cozy up to one another), ample leg room (wide enough to allow patrons to walk past seated patrons without disturbing them). "Over the past several months, we've spent almost $3-million dollars renovating the theatre by adding a new lobby, concessions, Out Takes, Poptopia, box office, and Xscape entertainment centre, in addition to the jewel of the crown, our VIP Cinemas." Jacob went into further detail about the improvements. Marshall explained that the building has been undergoing numerous changes, including being repainted and replacing all seats in all of the auditoriums (to be completed by May). "Tonight, we're doing things a little differently because our VIP Cinemas opened just a few days before Christmas last year, and as these are the first VIP Cinemas to open in B.C., we couldn't let that occasion go by unnoticed so we decided to delay our celebration until now." "Traditionally, we hold these events before we open a new project to the public," Marshall said. The invitation-only gala event was attended by the Tri-Cities mayors-Coquitlam mayor Richard Stewart, Port Moody mayor Mike Clay, and Port Coquitlam mayor Greg Moore-as well as numerous city councillors and officials. So I think that's a major change and shift as far as the entertainment industry goes…." "And today, what makes me most proud is the fact that today this business is owned 95 percent by Canadians, all of the different circuits, including Cineplex, Empire, Landmark. "When I got into the business initially, this business was pretty much 90 to 95 percent owned by U.S. "This could actually be a whole drawn out conversation," she added, "because I'm actually from Winnipeg originally." (When someone yelled out "Go Jets!", Marshall enthusiastically replied " Exactly!")Ĭineplex CEO Ellis Jacob made a more serious note of Canadian pride when he talked about how he has witnessed the growth of domestic companies in our national movie exhibition industry. ![]() audience by saying "Oh yeah, go Canucks!" Just prior to speeches at the official opening of Coquitlam Silvercity VIP Cinemas on April 19, Cineplex vice-president of communications and investor relations jokingly acknowledged her B.C. ![]()
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