GGR252H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Higher Education, Blockbuster Llc, Movie Theater
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Course context: supply and demand, course emphasis, course outline. Geographical context: approaches to geographical problems. Global context: retail change in a global economy. Cma are broken into smaller scale census tracts. Many census tracts have lots of french speakers. Only 5 census tracts satisfy francophone yuppies criteria. Company target markets b/c they can lower cost and earn a better return. 27 of 813 census tracts are with wealthy, high income, highly educated and high property values. Single cinema multiplexes megaplexes (10 to 30 screens) Three big players: famous players, cineplex odeon, mac, other regional players. Paradox: growth in number of screens (not number of locations) in a sector (entertainment) that already has rapidly growing competition, multichannel tv, video, arcades, theme parks, sports stadia, etc. Locational analysis all the more important accessibility: public/private transportation examples: yonge/sheppard, scarb town centre, yonge/dundas, yorkdale,400/407- colossus 18 (+imax), amc 30-50 at one intersection.
