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Post by Ric O. on Apr 16, 2010 17:32:57 GMT -5
Mine was Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
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Post by NewJets on Apr 23, 2010 11:51:00 GMT -5
The Met was such a gorgeous theatre. The large chandeiler and the balconies are what I remember.
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Post by WJG on Jun 3, 2010 13:53:15 GMT -5
I hope they restore it back into a movie theater. Does Portage Place have a movie theater other than IMAX? If not, it could certainly fill a need downtown. I think it's a cool part of Winnipeg's history and I'd hate to see it torn down.  |
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Post by fidelastro on Jul 5, 2010 9:51:48 GMT -5
Does Portage Place have a movie theater other than IMAX? If not, it could certainly fill a need downtown. Yes, Portage Place has the Globe, which has been there for almost a decade now....but it was a different theatre for many years before that. I worked there back when it first opened as the Globe, and I still like seeing movies there. I hope they do something interesting with the Met. A mixed-use venue would be great. I'd love to see a concert there. I sincerely hope it DOESN'T turn into some kind of Go Jets Go CanadInns nightclub or whatever. Every time I've ever been in a CanadInns bar, I've wanted to kill myself. They're absolutely horrible. It would be a shame to see a beautiful historic building ruined by turning it into a place where a bunch of drunken 20-year-old whores can listen to Go Jets Go Usher singles. |
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Post by jhendrix70 on Jul 5, 2010 15:11:21 GMT -5
It would be a shame to see a beautiful historic building ruined by turning it into a place where a bunch of drunken 20-year-old whores can listen to Go Jets Go Usher singles. I wouldn't have a problem with this... Also; would you rather the building just sit there....and decay? |
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Post by hui43210 on Jul 5, 2010 15:56:52 GMT -5
It would be a shame to see a beautiful historic building ruined by turning it into a place where a bunch of drunken 20-year-old whores can listen to Go Jets Go Usher singles. I wouldn't have a problem with this... Also; would you rather the building just sit there....and decay? he souds like the people who wanted to keep the eatons buliding over the mts center... and as a 20 year old well... i like these things! |
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Post by Ric O. on Jul 5, 2010 17:29:14 GMT -5
Does Portage Place have a movie theater other than IMAX? If not, it could certainly fill a need downtown. Yes, Portage Place has the Globe, which has been there for almost a decade now....but it was a different theatre for many years before that. I worked there back when it first opened as the Globe, and I still like seeing movies there. I hope they do something interesting with the Met. A mixed-use venue would be great. I'd love to see a concert there. I sincerely hope it DOESN'T turn into some kind of Go Jets Go CanadInns nightclub or whatever. Every time I've ever been in a CanadInns bar, I've wanted to kill myself. They're absolutely horrible. It would be a shame to see a beautiful historic building ruined by turning it into a place where a bunch of drunken 20-year-old whores can listen to Go Jets Go Usher singles. I'm with you fidel. Downtown has already had enough historic buildings chopped up and modified for the latest theme bar and the 20 year olds have enough places to get drunk. I don't see a need to chop up another historic building for that. Maybe a dinner theatre or comedy club type of theme would suit, but please, not another nightclub. |
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Post by KillerBrew on Jul 5, 2010 23:53:18 GMT -5
Yes, Portage Place has the Globe, which has been there for almost a decade now....but it was a different theatre for many years before that. I worked there back when it first opened as the Globe, and I still like seeing movies there. I hope they do something interesting with the Met. A mixed-use venue would be great. I'd love to see a concert there. I sincerely hope it DOESN'T turn into some kind of Go Jets Go CanadInns nightclub or whatever. Every time I've ever been in a CanadInns bar, I've wanted to kill myself. They're absolutely horrible. It would be a shame to see a beautiful historic building ruined by turning it into a place where a bunch of drunken 20-year-old whores can listen to Go Jets Go Usher singles. I'm with you fidel. Downtown has already had enough historic buildings chopped up and modified for the latest theme bar and the 20 year olds have enough places to get drunk. I don't see a need to chop up another historic building for that. Maybe a dinner theatre or comedy club type of theme would suit, but please, not another nightclub. I agree. -KillerBrew, age 24. |
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Post by fidelastro on Jul 6, 2010 12:45:07 GMT -5
Also; would you rather the building just sit there....and decay? Well, as a few others have also noted, tearing up a building with that kind of history for a nightclub would be horrible. I'm all for turning it into a concert/theatre/any kind of live entertainment venue (the dinner theatre idea is not a bad one), or even restore it back to a movie theatre. All of that is cool. What I don't want is for it to be turned into yet another Go Jets Go dance bar that will change names and owners every three years, where all traces of the building's history will be erased. So yes, as much as I hate to say it, I WOULD rather see the building just sit there unused, in the hopes that someone, someday, would restore it and turn it into something of cultural value for the city than watch it turn into some trendy monstrosity. |
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Post by hui43210 on Jul 6, 2010 15:29:40 GMT -5
tear that ship up! yeaaaaaa!!!!
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Post by Hobble on Jul 6, 2010 16:48:12 GMT -5
It would be ideal if it were somehow related to hockey, seeing as it is right next to the MTSC...
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Post by fidelastro on Jul 7, 2010 10:19:05 GMT -5
It would be ideal if it were somehow related to hockey, seeing as it is right next to the MTSC... Maybe move the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame there or something? That fits my description of "something of cultural value to the city." I just really, really don't want to see it turned into a dance bar. |
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Post by Hobble on Jul 7, 2010 10:34:42 GMT -5
^^^ That's what I was going to suggest, but then I realized that it is already IN the MTSC lol
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Post by hacky666 on Jul 7, 2010 18:50:35 GMT -5
Star Wars
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Post by livewpg on Jul 8, 2010 0:14:12 GMT -5
I think CanadInns got a deal on the Met on the condition that they would restore it. Apparently the inside needs serious work (structural work, asbestos removal, etc...).
I was too young to remember the Met (but I remember seeing a move at the Capitol theatre). I've driven by it a thousand times, but never really looked at it. I think i'll go for a walk tomorrow to check it out just for the hell of it.
I think they should do what Calgary did with the Palace theatre on Stephen Ave & turn it in to a rockin sports bar (Flames Central). I go to Calgary about 3-4 times a year, and whenever I go I always to go flames central to watch whatever is on that day. The place is made to look like an arena with a gigantic HD TV & about another 50 or so tv's around the place.
And the cool thing is, the outside facade & part of the interior have been preserved (they even put a large flames logo on the ceiling to make it look like it was part of the original building).
I think given the arrival of an NHL team here with the new centreventure strategy for downtown, this would be a perfect fit for the met.
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Post by fidelastro on Jul 8, 2010 8:58:43 GMT -5
Isn't there a relatively new sports bar right across the street from the MTS Centre, plus a bunch of others in the near vicinity?
I'm sure, like everything else that has ever been in that building, the one across the street will fail in a year or so, but I don't think another one is really needed.
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Post by Hobble on Jul 8, 2010 16:10:49 GMT -5
They won't fail once the Jets come back  |
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Post by fidelastro on Jul 9, 2010 8:48:59 GMT -5
That's true...whoever owns that thing (I'm talking about the bar right across from MTSC with the gigantic, hideous painting of anonymous athletes all over it) is going to be successful when the Jets come back, for sure. I've seen so many different signs on that building over the years, though, and none of them seem to last.
You want catch me in there, that's for sure. Sports bars are Go Jets Go Go Jets Go.
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Post by fidelastro on Jul 9, 2010 8:49:44 GMT -5
I guess they're not the only Go Jets Go things around here. "Want"??
Go Jets Go. "Won't."
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Post by Huffer on Jul 9, 2010 10:00:22 GMT -5
Have you even been in 4-Play? If you haven't, I suggest that you check it out. I'm not saying I would go every week, but it would be a pretty cool place to watch a game. I can see football games being great there, and I was told all of the UFC's have been packed. Jets games would be awesome to watch there.
It has a massive screen, many rows of leather theatre seating, simulators, TV's, great food, etc. I was there for lunch to check it out and they were organizing a beer pong tournament.
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