Gaslamp 15
701 5th Avenue,
San Diego,
CA
92101
701 5th Avenue,
San Diego,
CA
92101
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This opened in November 1997
San Diego Union-Tribune, The (CA) – November 6, 1997
Life in the age of the ‘plex Gaslamp 15 looks like a movie house … now if it would just act and sound like one … It is called the Pacific Gaslamp 15 Theater and it has no gas lamps — or Ingrid Bergman in “Gaslight.” But it might be a gas, as Sinatra would say: 73,000 square feet including 15 theaters, with “wall-to-wall” screens up to 30 by 46 feet large, plus raked “stadium” seating, plush red seats, lights shaped like Academy Awards, digital sound and a lobby fit for a train depot — or a “popcorn
Here is a 2009 photo and the Pacific name still hasn’t been removed.
Two interior photos can be seen here and here.
This is another photo of the Gaslamp.
Fandango gives the name as Gaslamp Stadium and Reading Cinemas gives the name as Gaslamp 15. Gaslamp 15 is probably the name that should be used since it is given on the theaters website.
This is no longer the Pacific Gaslamp 15. It’s being called the Gaslamp Stadium by its new operator, Reading Cinemas.
Here is a close-up view of the Gaslamp 15.
Here are some photos from July 2007:
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This project was designed by BENSON & BOHL ARCHITECTS of San Diego, CA. For additional information on this and other B&B theaters, see www.bensonbohl.com
Here is another photo of the Pacific Gaslamp 15. Caption with photo reads:
“A notable exception to the dreary formula of most contemporary multiplexes is this tour de force in the turn-of-the-century district of downtown San Diego. It respects and celebrates its neighborhood instead of violating it. The four-story 15-screen theater touts itself by stating: "Its art deco Puttin’ on the Ritz exterior is spectacular. In the lobby, the same kind of top-hatted poshness is achieved via lavishly patterned, thick carpets, Gone With the Wind staircases (inside it’s a two-story affair), and concession people dressed just like genuine riverboat gamblers whose fortunes have taken a bizarre turn.” It is just this kind of pizzazz that is sorely lacking in so many of the contemporary buildings of today".
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