Tag Archive for Cinemas

Cinema attendance Up but Down on Pre-Pandemic Levels

According to Roy Morgan research Cinema attendance in Australia increased during the final quarter of 2021 compared to a year ago but was still at less than half of pre-pandemic levels in the final quarter of 2019. “Australia’s cinemas have been amongst the hardest hit businesses by the COVID-19 pandemic with attendance plummeting during the…

Interview with Palace Cinemas CEO Benjamin Zeccola

A big thank you to Palace Cinemas CEO Benjamin Zeccola for taking the time for the interview. What can cinema going audiences expect from Pentridge Cinema? Are, there any new movie going experiences exclusive to Pentridge Cinema? With pandemic was the opening of the new cinema ever in doubt? At Pentridge Cinema, you can expect…

Palace Cinemas Pentridge to open in December

Melbourne’s historic Pentridge prison site is set to become the latest home for movie lovers from December 2020. Palace Cinemas, Australia’s largest independent cinema group, will open Melbourne’s newest cinema – Pentridge Cinema – just in time for Christmas. The 15-screen cinema complex will be located within the Pentridge development in Coburg, a site that…

20 Years of Gold Class

This year marks 20 years of Village Cinemas’ luxury theatre, Gold Class. The experience first launched at Crown Melbourne in 1997 and was the first of its kind in the world. In the 20 years since, the cinema has inspired international expansion, led the way in Australian cinema innovation, hosted an array of celebrities and…

Palace Central Opens in Sydney

Palace Cinemas have opened their newest Sydney location – Palace Central – on level 3 of Central Park in Chippendale. The architecturally impressive cinema space, offering unparalleled style and comfort, is the new home to 10 boutique auditoria and 3 platinum cinemas. Palace Cinemas Executive Chairman, Antonio Zeccola said he was looking forward to Sydney-siders…

Tickets and Assumptions

You know what they say about making Assumptions right? Considering that I have a spinal cord injury and use a wheelchair you would be right to assume when I have booked tickets online to go to the movies I click the person in a wheelchair option for the seating, expecting to get the disabled seating…