Photo courtesy Grande Sunset Theatre Facebook

By Erika Rolling

Community

Grande Sunset Theatre gets new ownership and management

May 31, 2023 | 1:04 PM

Operations have been taken over for Grande Prairie’s outdoor theatre at Evergreen Park.

The Grande Sunset Theatre started during the Covid-19 pandemic, originally in the Bullets & Broadheads parking lot in the city.

Through its time the Grande Sunset Theatre provided a way for local non-profits to raise money through volunteering for regular movie showings or renting the theatre for a fee to cover expenses and show their own films.

The old drive-in experience has shifted its business model and the sale of the operations has been granted to the Grande Prairie Family Education Society.

Grande Sunset Theatre President Lionel Robins said in a news release; “The community needed something to do when everything else was locked up and with the help of my many co-founders and other supporters we created an entertainment venue that could operate through virtually and lockdown scenario.”

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“With the restrictions behind us we realized the community really embraces and needed this theatre to continue, and so we transitioned to a long-term business plan, but our intention was never to keep it to ourselves for a for-profit enterprise,” Robins said.

Executive Director for the GPFES Brandy Pilon said in the same release; “We are very happy to carry on Grande Sunset’s proud tradition of offering family-friendly entertainment for the area, creating a fundraising model for our organization that matches the family values that form the core of our existence.”

The Grande Sunset Theatre Facebook page posts regularly for the drive-in’s movie schedule during the open season. The 2023 season has been delayed due to wildfires and the transfer of ownership.