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Empire Sutton Coldfield 2459

            Royal (Odeon / Empire) Cinema, Sutton Coldfield. The original projection suite still serves screen 1, albeit with replaced digital projection.
Opened in April 1936, designed by J Cecil Clavering from the Harry Weedon Practice, with 1,600 seats on two levels. Unusually for an original Odeon, it was almost identical to the Harrogate Odeon. Tripled in April 1972, one of the first to receive the 'drop wall' treatment, with two mini cinemas tucked underneath the balcony. Screen 1 formed of the front stalls and balcony was split into 2 screens in 1987. It was sold and renamed Empire in 2006, but during the COVID lockdowns the cinema closed and did not reopen. The Empire Cinemas circuit went into administration in 2023, and the future looked bleak for the grade 2 listed Sutton Coldfield venue. Happily, in December 2023 it was announced that the cinema had been sold to PDJ Management, who are to restore and reopen the cinema as the Royal. It was grade 2 listed in 1998.

Sutton Coldfield, City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England - Odeon / Empire / Royal Theatre, Birmingham Road / Holland Road
October 2009, image reworked 2024
   

Taken in: UK / England / Sutton Coldfield (show map)

Taken on: October 6, 2009

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