{"id":120860,"date":"2017-10-02T23:11:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T03:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=120860"},"modified":"2017-10-02T23:11:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T03:11:42","slug":"cineplex-to-open-10-to-15-new-playdium-locations-in-mid-sized-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/02\/cineplex-to-open-10-to-15-new-playdium-locations-in-mid-sized-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Cineplex to open 10 to 15 new Playdium locations in mid sized communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_114249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114249\" style=\"width: 180px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15219586_10150725423559990_2376435410125223634_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-114249\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15219586_10150725423559990_2376435410125223634_n.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: The Canadian entertainment and media company says these new locations in mid-sized communities are aimed at teens and families, and will offer video games and activities such as virtual reality and bowling. (Photo by Cineplex\/Facebook)\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15219586_10150725423559990_2376435410125223634_n.jpg 180w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/15219586_10150725423559990_2376435410125223634_n-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: The Canadian entertainment and media company says these new locations in mid-sized communities are aimed at teens and families, and will offer video games and activities such as virtual reality and bowling. (Photo by Cineplex\/Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cineplex is rebooting its Playdium brand and plans to open 10 to 15 new arcade and amusement centres across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian entertainment and media company says these new locations in mid-sized communities are aimed at teens and families, and will offer video games and activities such as virtual reality and bowling.<\/p>\n<p>Construction is due to start in early 2018 on a new 30,000 square-foot facility in Whitby, Ont.<\/p>\n<p>Cineplex already owns and operates the Playdium facility in Mississauga, Ont., which first opened its doors more than 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Cineplex taking over the brand, there had been a number of Playdium locations under previous owners, which later closed in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<p>Cineplex has fully owned Playdium since October 2015 and also operates several recreation complexes across Canada dubbed The Rec Room, which include live entertainment and games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cineplex is rebooting its Playdium brand and plans to open 10 to 15 new arcade and amusement centres across the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":114249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,18,2,106,16,5],"tags":[14032,25760],"class_list":["post-120860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","category-news-ca","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","category-news","category-technology","tag-cineplex","tag-playdium","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}