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UA Cityplaza Cinema (Taikoo Shing) / UA 太古城 [1996-2017]

Date Place completed: 
1996-06-14
Date Place demolished: 
2017-02-23

Seating capacity: 7 screens, total 1,215.

Address: Cityplaza 1, 18 Taikoo Shing Road, Hong Kong

UA Cityplaza Cinema started operating on June 14, 1996.  According o Cinema Treasures, its last day of operation was on February 23, 2017.  Following a  visit by one Gwulo reader to the site on February 27, it was reported that the place had been boarded up.  An update will be provided when further news become available.  

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MCL 4D Extreme Screen (Airport) / 機場UA IMAX影院 [2007-2012]

Date Place completed: 
2007-03-30
Date Place demolished: 
2012-01-31

Seating capacity: 358

Address: Termina 2, Hong Kong International Airport, Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong

Another Chinese name for the theatre is 4D超立體巨幕影館.

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Dragon Gate~Golden Dragon Theatre (Cheung Chau) / 金門~金龍戲院 [1957-1980]

Date Place completed: 
1957-01-01
Date Place demolished: 
1980-01-01

Seating capacity:  Two different numbers are given in the sources for the Golden Dragon Theatre , 618 and 700.

Address: 1 Tai Tsoi Yuen Road, Cheung Chau (Island), Hong Kong.  Golden Dragon Garden is the current occupant at the site.

Dragon Gate Theatre was the first theatre to open in 1957.  Some time in the early 1960s, the theatre was renamed Golden Dragon Theatre.  It closed in late 1970s or early 1980s.  For the purpose of this page, its closing date is estimated to be January 1980.

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AMC Festival Walk Cinema / AMC 又一城戲院 [1998-2016]

Date Place completed: 
1998-12-17
Date Place demolished: 
2016-01-04

Seating capacity: 11 screens, total 1,874 seats.

Address: 80 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

AMC Festival Walk Cinema was the first cinema to operate in the shopping mall called Festival Walk.  The mall was constructed during the period 1994-1998.  An unique feature of the mall is that the tunnels for the current MTR run through the site.

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