Madrid, January 9, 2025 – Callao City Lights, the brand under which the Callao Cinemas space and the outdoor screens of Circuito Gran Vía are marketed, has announced the appointment of Fran López Gallego as director of Callao Cinemas, a newly created position in the company. Fran will be responsible for all the activities related to the emblematic Madrid cinemas, that is to say, events, cinema and other shows, mainly of a musical nature, that take place there.
Fran López Gallego has extensive experience in the sector, having worked both in the organization of events and in the sale of spaces or in more specific areas within the activities of an event. He comes from Grupo La Máquina, where he was director of events. Previously, he worked as commercial manager of events and catering at Vilaplana Catering (Compass Group), commercial director of the Palacio de Congresos de Granada and manager of the Events department of American Express Travel, among other companies.
Fran López Gallego will assume, among other functions, those performed until now by Sergio Gómez, who has voluntarily left the Events Department of Cines Callao to undertake new professional challenges. After almost 7 years of professional career in the company, where he started as Head of Production and became responsible for the Events area, Sergio has decided to undertake a change in his professional career by leaving Cines Callao and the brand Callao City Lights, under which he has successfully carried out the modernization of the space and offer to host the most relevant cultural and corporate events in Madrid.
Callao City Lights welcomes Fran with enthusiasm and the clear objective of consolidating the results of the past, expand and maximize the type of activities to be developed in Cines Callao, always with the maximum quality and rigor that are part of our DNA, and achieve maximum coexistence, synergy and optimization of everything that happens around the property.
About Callao City Lights
Callao City Lights manages the Callao Cinemas space where the most important premieres and events in Madrid take place. A privileged place for its history, versatility and technological equipment, both for corporate events and for the film world, which has been recognized with the silver award for Best Space in the Eventoplus 2023 Awards.
In the spring of 2024, Cines Callao presented the largest remodeling in its history, which affected both the interior and exterior of the building, also incorporating a revolutionary immersive video mapping system to its emblematic Sala 1.
The Callao Cinemas are located in the heart of Madrid, in the Plaza del Callao, which can be used as a prelude to events. An emblematic art deco style building (1926) completely renovated, but with a historical seal that makes it unique. It includes two halls, a large ambigú with a large bar and a spacious hall. Room 1 allows the removal of seats, leaving an open and fully customizable space with capacity for 450 people in cocktail format.
In addition, Callao City Lights is a pioneer in large format digital outdoor advertising in urban centers, thanks to its two large screens located on the facades of the Callao Cinemas, which can be used to multiply the notoriety and impact of events. These supports are equipped with the latest innovations (3D, OnAir technology, live broadcasts, mobile retargeting, interactivity, contextualized creativity…) and with the best image quality on the market.
Likewise, since June 2022, Callao City Lights markets Circuito Gran Vía, the largest large-format digital circuit in urban environments in Spain. Made up of the outdoor screens (15) of the Callao Cinemas and the Coliseum, Lope de Vega and Rialto theaters (4 of the 7 theaters on Madrid’s Gran Vía), it has a total advertising area of 460m2 and allows brands to connect with the public walking along Madrid’s Gran Vía, the second busiest street in Europe. Specifically, between Callao and Plaza de España, a particularly busy axis due to its tourist, commercial and entertainment attraction.
