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Lismore: Robina: St. Kilda:
After a period of closure, the new Star Court Queensland Fire and Emergency Services In December, it was advertised that the Astor
management has announced on their website were sent to the Robina Town Centre complex Theatre’s final season under George Florence
that the theatre will re-open soon. ▼ after smoke was detected but no fire was found. would run from Sunday 21 December 2014,
to Sunday 5 April 2015. However there is
An Event Cinemas spokeswoman said a some news of tentative steps towards new
“precautionary evacuation” due to an alarm management which will retain the theatre as a
sounding had been conducted in a smooth and single screen venue.
calm manner .
Source: Gold Coast Bulletin 1 January 2015 Palace Cinemas has stepped into the dispute
between the property owner and the operator.
Brisbane: Pending agreement between all parties,
Brisbane’s Regent Theatre has undergone a Melbourne’s only single screen cinema, the
makeover, with its heritage foyer re-emerging Astor Theatre could be saved. ▼
as the city's new visitor information centre.
Lord Mayor Graham Quirk launched the
restored theatre foyer just in time for the G20
world leaders' summit. The restoration will
form part of a larger development – a 40
storey office tower on the site.
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QUEENSLAND
Toowoomba:
Movie Buffs in Toowoomba's north will soon
have a new state-of-the-art theatre at
Wilsonton Shopping Centre. ▼
St. Kilda:
Entrepreneur Aleksander Vass has bought the
George Cinemas in St. Kilda from a
developer who proposed to build units on the
VICTORIA site. Instead Vass has renamed the complex
Craigieburn: the Alex Theatre, and intends to convert the
After a shaky start and ticket refunds, the 8 space into an arts hub for live shows.
cinema complex under the United brand is up Source: Business Age Saturday 29 November.
and running. It is described as art deco with all
Melbourne:
cinemas two tiered "like early 1900s theatres".
Demolition of the Russell Cinemas is almost
complete. The site is likely to be cleared by
United is said to be the brainchild of Sydney-
March 2015 in preparation for construction of
based Roy Moustaka, an opera singer and
The centre's new owners plan to overhaul the a hotel and units.
outdated complex which will then include an musician. United also has five cinemas in
eight-cinema movie theatre. NSW, one in WA, one in Qld, and now one in South Morang:
Source: Toowoomba Chronicle Victoria. Construction will start on the new Village
Westfield in the second half of 2015.
Geelong:
Townsville: Opening on 7 November 2014, the Pivotonian
Event Cinemas opened a new 5 screen Cinema is a new edition to the cinema scene Chadstone:
complex in Townsville last December. in Geelong. The site of the old Hoyts Cinemas has been
gutted and will be converted into retail space.
New Farm: The cinema is located in the Ukrainian The new cinemas, which won’t open until
Event Cinemas New Farm complex is now Community Hall in Geelong West and has 2016, will be on the third floor of the
complete with all 6 screens open. committed to showing 15 films a week over shopping centre.
Loganholme: Summer. It is being described as a “pop-up
The Loganholme Hyperplex 12 has been taken cinema”.
over by Event Cinemas. It will screen mainly independent features, art HOYTS SALE:
Bald Hills: house, foreign, documentary and family fare China's 149th richest man Mr Sun Xishuang
is the new owner after buying Hoyts on 23
A new cinema complex is planned for Bald soon after their national releases. December through his British Virgin Islands-
Hills on Brisbane’s north side. The cinema is screening in 2k digital. based investment company ID Leisure
Springfield Lakes: Advertised ticket prices are $12 regular and Ventures. He is reputed to have paid about
A new nine screen complex at will be opened $10 concession. $900m.
by Event Cinemas later this year. Glenferrie:
Coomera (Gold Coast) One of the new cinemas in the Lido Complex Depending on which article you read, Hoyts
was either staggering under a mountain of
Event Cinemas are planning yet another new opened Thursday, 12 February with 50 Shades debt or trading well.
complex for the Gold Coast area. of Grey. Construction is continuing on the
other auditoria.

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