Pathé-Cordeliers, Movie theater in 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, France
Pathé-Cordeliers was a multiplex cinema in central Lyon with multiple screens spread across different floors of the building. The theaters were equipped with digital projection technology and high-quality sound systems to enhance the film experience.
The building began as the Scala theater in the late 1800s and was converted into a cinema in 1906. It went through several changes until it became the Pathé-Cordeliers multiplex in 2008.
The cinema showed French and international films and was part of Lyon's moviegoing culture. It served as a meeting place where locals gathered to watch current releases and special screenings.
The cinema stood at no. 20 rue Thomassin, in the 2nd arrondissement, set back from the street behind a vestibule and reached through the old building. Its seven screens and roughly 1,050 seats were fitted into a converted 19th-century hall, and access and comfort were constrained by that structure. It closed on 28 February 2016.
The cinema's last operator, Pathé, took over in July 2006 and reopened it in 2008 as Pathé Cordeliers with seven screens and about 1,050 seats. The owner of the walls, ANF Immobilier, then declined to renew the lease in favour of a property project, and the cinema closed on 28 February 2016.
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