Who owns The Rec Room?
The Rec Room is owned by Cineplex (Canada, TSX: CGX).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Cineplex Inc. 2025 Annual Report. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Cineplex Inc. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Toronto
- Origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Live & sport › Live events & ticketing
- Parent ticker
- TSX: CGX
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About The Rec Room
The Rec Room is the chain of venues Cineplex describes as Canada's favourite destination for "Eats & Entertainment": large sites that combine restaurants and bars with amusement games and live entertainment under one roof. There were twelve at 31 December 2025, four in Ontario, three in Alberta, two in British Columbia and one each in Quebec, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador. The games inside are supplied by Player One Amusement Group, which Cineplex owned until it sold the business in February 2024.
Ownership timeline of The Rec Room
Where The Rec Room sits in Cineplex
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Cineplex
Cineplex controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
Other brands in live events & ticketing, and who owns them
The 35 brands in live events & ticketing on Brandtree belong to 17 owners. The largest is CTS Eventim, with 9; Cineplex has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Eventim Apollo | CTS Eventim | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Beacon Theatre | MSG Entertainment | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Casino de Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo SBM | 🇲🇨 Monaco |
| KCON | CJ ENM | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Live Nation Concerts | Live Nation | 🇺🇸 United States |
| AMF | Lucky Strike Entertainment | 🇺🇸 United States |
| The Battery Atlanta | Atlanta Braves Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Signal Iduna Park | Borussia Dortmund KGaA | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: Cineplex
Cineplex is a publicly listed company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSX: CGX.
Cineplex is the largest film exhibitor in Canada, an Ontario corporation headquartered in Toronto with 1,606 screens in 154 theatres at the end of 2025 and 16 entertainment venues under The Rec Room and Playdium names. It also sells cinema advertising, distributes films and holds a one-third interest in the Scene+ loyalty programme. It has been narrowing itself to those businesses: it sold its amusement-game supplier Player One Amusement Group on 1 February 2024, the Cineplex Store on 1 January 2025 and its digital signage business, Cineplex Digital Media, on 7 November 2025.
🇨🇦 The Rec Room and other Canadian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 174 brands that began in Canada. 41 of them (24%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; The Rec Room is not one of them.
- Canada's Wonderland — Six Flags 🇺🇸
- CuriousCast — Corus 🇨🇦
- Degrassi — WildBrain 🇨🇦
- IMAX — IMAX 🇨🇦
- Landmark Cinemas — Kinepolis 🇧🇪
- Lionsgate Films — Lionsgate 🇨🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of The Rec Room?
The parent company of The Rec Room is Cineplex, a publicly listed company headquartered in Canada.
Is The Rec Room Canadian?
Yes. The Rec Room originated in Canada and its owner, Cineplex, is also headquartered in Canada.
Is The Rec Room still owned by Cineplex?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, The Rec Room is still owned by Cineplex. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Cineplex Inc. 2025 Annual Report — Cineplex Inc., Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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