Empire Theatres
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Empire Theatres Limited was a movie theater chain in Canada, a subsidiary of Empire Company Ltd., the holding company of the Sobey family conglomerate.
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Company type | Private (subsidiary of Empire Company Ltd.) |
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Industry | Movie theatres |
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Founded | December 15, 1978 |
Defunct | October 31, 2013 |
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Area served | Canada |
Key people | Stuart G. Fraser, President and CEO Valerie J. Ryan, COO Paul Wigginton, Vice-President and CFO |
Number of employees | approx. 3000 |
In June 2013, Empire announced it would exit the movie theatre business, selling the vast majority of locations to Cineplex (24 in Atlantic Canada) and Landmark Cinemas (23, in Ontario and western Canada, including two locations originally slated to be purchased by Cineplex and the Downtown Ottawa theatre).[2] Five other locations in operation at the time of the announcement were not included in either deal and were closed, Two of these locations re-opened again at a later date under different owners[3][4][5] and two other locations remain closed along with one Drive-in.