AMC Alondra 6

The AMC Alondra 6 - or the Alondra 6, as it was sometimes known - was open in 1974 and through 1990 at least. The address was 10802 Alondra Boulevard (at the 605 Freeway), Cerritos CA 90703-1502 and it had six screens.

Maybe 150 seats per screen, so approximately 900 seats? I assume the rooms weren't closets like the Beverly Center.

If you use the Google satellite view, there is no building shown. The arrow appears to be pointing towards an off ramp from a freeway.

Perhaps closed/demolished. That's a little out of my neighborhood to confirm.

The Alondra 6 was typical of AMC's mid 70's era multiplexes. AMC had just moved out of the multiplex novelty stage (exemplified in venues, like the Fashion Square 4, that were poorly designed oddities) and in to mass produced formulistic venues.

Obviously built on a modest budget, the theatre was "no frills", and purely functional in design; modest shoebox style auditoriums, small screens, budget seating fixtures, pseudo stereo sound, minimalistic support facilities, and generic decor. I do recall there being a booth toilet, awkwardly placed near a doorway.

The theatre must have closed in he late 90's, as it was still listed on corporate phone lists as late as 97'.

I believe the site may now be an LA Fitness.

This June 1980 ad was in the LA Times. Rest in peace, Don:
http://tinyurl.com/yte3kr

Here is a photo gallery from the gym at this location. My gym in Torrance used to be a Mann Theater (also LA Fitness) so I think you can safely change the status to Gym:
http://www.lafitness.com/Pages/gallery.aspx

The Alondra 6 actully had more than 1200 seats. Each theatre were narrow, with a center row, reminiscent of early AMC's. The theatre actually stayed open as a successful dollar house for many years. It succumbed to the new theatres at Norwalk and Cerritos. It finally closed around 1998. It was ran as a unit of Norwalk 20 in its final days. The site was torn down.

Two interesting notes:
- sound was Mono all the way until the theatre closed. AMC never upgraded it.
- it had a crusty toilet in the booth for the projectionist that looked like had never been cleaned.

I watched a million movies here in the late 70's and early 80's, including my first 3D flick: "Comin' at Ya". I definitely remember it being low rent even as a kid; the snack bar was to the immediate right as you walked in the front door. I remember a lot of burnt orange tile and small screens, with the two auditoriums flanking the snack bar as being larger perhaps?

Here is an ad from the Long Beach Press-Telegram dated 1/20/78:
http://tinyurl.com/6ymskm

Here is a December 1976 ad from the same source:
http://tinyurl.com/nbxntk