Cinema City Poland
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| Ltd. | |
| Industry | Cinemas |
| Founded | 1999 Cinema City International |
| Headquarters | Warsaw, Poland |
Key people | Moshe (Mooky) Greidinger, CEO |
| Revenue | Unknown |
Number of employees | ~1000 |
| Website | www.cinema-city.pl |
Cinema City is a brand of multiplex cinemas in eastern and central Europe, run by the Israeli company Cinema City International (CCI). In Europe it has cinemas in Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. In Poland Cinema City has almost 40% of the multiplex market, with Multikino its major competitor. CCI also runs a chain of Israeli multiplexes under the name of Rav-Hen.
In January 2014 it was announced that the Cinema City parent group would be taken over by UK group Cineworld.[1]
Current multiplex locations
1*Arkadia Warsaw - 2798 seats, 15 screens 2*Bemowo Warsaw - 2400 seats, 11 screens 3*Janki Warsaw - 1966 seats, 10 screens 4*Promenada Warsaw - 2849 seats, 13 screens 5*Sadyba Warsaw - 2959 seats, 12 screens + IMAX 6*Galeria Mokotów Warsaw - 3248 seats, 14 screens 7*Plaza Kraków - 2664 seats, 9 screens + IMAX 8*Zakopianka Kraków - 2218 seats, 10 screens 9*Bonarka City Center Kraków - 3234 seats, 20 screens + 3 VIP 10*Galeria Kazimierz Kraków - 1813 seats, 10 screens 11*Punkt 44 Katowice - 2570 seats, 11 screens + IMAX 12*Silesia City Center Katowice - 2900 seats, 13 screens 13*Plaza Poznań - 2065 seats, 9 screens + IMAX 14*Kinepolis Poznań - 6661 seats, 18 screens 15*Wolność Częstochowa - 1766 seats, 8 screens 16*Galeria Jurajska Częstochowa - 1330 seats, 8 screens 17*Korona Wrocław - 2027 seats, 9 screens 18*Plaza Ruda Śląska - 1557 seats, 8 screens 19*Krewetka Gdańsk - 1871 seats, 8 screens 20*Toruń - 2495 seats, 12 screens 21*Plaza Lublin - 1548 seats, 8 screens 22*Plaza Rybnik - 1537 seats, 8 screens 23*Plaza Sosnowiec - 874 seats, 6 screens 24*Manufaktura Łódź - 2591 seats, 14 screens + IMAX 25*Forum Gliwice – 13 screens, 2333 seats 26*Focus Mall Zielona Góra - 9 screens, 1305 seats 27*Focus Mall Bydgoszcz – 13 screens, 2256 seats 28*Galeria Victoria Wałbrzych – 7 screens, 1589 seats 29*Agora Bytom – 8 screens 30*Gemini Park Bielsko-Biała – 10 screens, 1528 seats 31-35* Other sites to be opened in 2011/15 are Gdańsk, Toruń, Kielce, Łódź, Lublin.
Current IMAX locations
Cinema City has exclusive rights for operating IMAX technology theatres in Poland. It currently runs five IMAX theatres, alongside its multiplexes in:
Corporate Governance
Company's Management Board consist of three members:
In Poland the company is run by Mr. Rafał Rybski, Director of Operations.
Merger
In 2002 Cinema City took over Polish cinemas belonging to Ster Century Company, which withdrew from the Polish market. Cinema City started operating the following multiplexes: Janki, Promenada and Galeria Mokotów in Warsaw and Korona in Wrocław.
This was followed in 2003 by the takeover of Krewetka multiplex in Gdańsk, then owned by Superkino (part of Vision Film Distribution company).
See also
References
- ↑ "UK group to merge with Cinema City International". Polskie Radio. Polskie Radio. 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
Under the terms of the deal, Cineworld will purchase about 100 multiplexes from CCI for 503 million pounds. However, CCI will maintain a 24.9 percent stake in the combined business.
External links
- Cinema City Poland website (Polish only)
- Cinema City Hungary website