Empire 8 to become Empire 10

If you've been around the back of the Pen Centre lately, you've probably noticed a lot of construction going on behind the Empire 8 Cinemas. A lot of people (myself included) were holding onto the hope that they were adding an IMAX screen to the property. Turns out that's not the case. The big secret has been revealed: the Empire 8 is getting two more screens.

Currently known as the Empire 8 (courtesy of its 8 screens), the name will be changing to the Empire 10 when the new screens debut later this month. And while it's a tad disappointing that we're not getting the IMAX that so many of us had hoped for, we can always hope that the addition of two screens may mean we'll start seeing some smaller films that we haven't been getting in town since they closed the Fairview Cineplex Odeon.

TAGS: Empire 8, Movies, Pen Centre, Stcatharines