Article content

While the city of Vancouver may have nixed a proposal to host viewing parties for the NBA Finals, Cineplex will be opening its doors to Toronto Raptors fans and showing the games on the silver screen.

The movie theatre chain will be hosting free viewing parties at 33 of its venues to celebrate the Raptors’ “historic entrance into the 2019 NBA Finals.”

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or Cineplex hosting free Toronto Raptors viewing parties at theatres Back to video

Toronto hosts the defending champion Golden State Warriors in Game 1 on Thursday, 6 p.m.

The games will be shown on these five theatres in B.C.:

• Cineplex Odeon Park & Tilford Cinemas (North Vancouver);

• Cineplex Odeon International Village Cinemas (Vancouver);

• Cineplex Cinemas Langley;

• SilverCity Riverport (Richmond);

• SilverCity Victoria.

Tickets to the first four games of the series will be available in-person at participating theatre box offices starting today (Wednesday) at 6 p.m.