Bradford Odeon

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Model Author: Kevin Spring Status: Closed, threatened with Demolition Screens: Triplex Style: Italian Renaissance Function: Cinema Seats: 3318 Architect: William Illingworth Save Bradford Odeon! The Odeon Bradford started life as the New Victoria Cinema when it opened on 22 September 1930. It was built for and operated by Provincial Cinematograph Theatres(PCT) and Gaumont Theatres. An enormous and very elaborate cine-variety house, the New Victoria had 3,318 seats a stage 70 feet wide and 45 feet deep, a café, a ballroom, 10 dressing rooms and a Wurlitzer 3Manual/10Rank theatre organ. The bingo operation was the first to close and the ground floor was boarded up. In 2000, a new 13-screen Odeon multiplex was constructed out of the town centre on the edge of Bradford and Pudsey, and the 3-screen Odeon closed on 2nd July 2000. The building is now deteriorating rapidly and demolition is almost inevitable. Even if it were to reopen as a live concert or performance venue (unlikely) the sumptuous interior is irreplaceable. Had it survived intact for just a few years more it would undoubtedly been listed and gained some redevelopment protection. #Architecture #BD1_2BS #Bradford #Building #Cinema #England #Italian_Renaissance #Kevin_Spring #Odeon #Princes_Way #West_Yorkshire