Regal Cinemas LA Live Stadium 14
800 W. Olympic Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90015
800 W. Olympic Boulevard,
Los Angeles,
CA
90015
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This West Coast flagship for Regal Cinemas opened October 27th, 2009 with Michael Jackson in “This Is It” screened in all 14 auditoriums, concurrent with 16 other Premiere screenings of the movie in major cities cinemas around the world. It includes 140,000 square feet of state-of-the-art cinemas with stadium seating in every auditorium and digital projection including SONY 4K and Dolby Digital.
The main auditorium seats 806 with a private entrance and lobby, and a grand spiral staircase that leads to the Premiere House balcony level. Dolby 3D Digital projection on the 70-foot wide screen.
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@Howard: That’s my batch. Took them on my iPhone – which doesn’t have a flash on it – which would explain why they came out so dark.
Kayoss’s pics of the Premiere Cinema came out better than mine, but I have 2 clear shots of 1 of their regular auditoriums. Those shots pretty much layout the specs of the regular auds. The seats in each aud vary – but there’s not a single one of the 13 that seats over 300. They’re all designed the same – same screen sizes (40 feet or so), same seating layout, same sense of BLAH!
I had a better shot lined up but some guy cut me off.
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This theatre will host the 2010 Los Angeles Film Festival on June 17 – June 27. . For the last 5 years they were in the Westwood area. The Nokia Theatre will host the World Premiere of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” on June 24th.
Is it true that this theatre isn’t doing well outside of premieres?
Finally made it here last night to see Inception in the Premier Theatre. I saw it at the 15/70 true Imax in Cathedral City the night before. The sound at the Regal was amazing, truly one of the best theatrical sound systems I have ever heard. However, the picture was not that impressive. Maybe because I saw the same movie less then 24 hours earlier in real IMAX, but there is no comparison. It was not nearly as sharp or clear, and the images were quite muted compared to IMAX. The theatre was fantastic, great seats, amazing side masked large screen, lots of legroom and wonderful service. A great place to see a movie, yet if you have a choice, real 15/70 IMAX is far superior to this digital presentation. BTW, it is true what was said above. The other theatres here are crap. Top masking, small screen shoeboxes.
The Premiere Cinema IS NOT side masked. It is top masked. I’ve seen both 1:85 & 2:35 films in there and have confirmed the difference.
I did notice the top masking, but there was side masking as well. I was watching quite closely for that and when the curtain went up after the pre-show, it seemed a bit wider. Agreed, it is not only side masking as the Dome. Heck, after seeing Cinemarks XD and IMAX, I am happy to see any masking must less curtains.
I attended the Michael Jackson movie in 2009 and caught four L A film fest movies in June. The complex does create a sense of the scale of an old movie palace. There was very good buzz at the film festival. Manhattanites eat your hearts out: I park for free at the North Hollywood subway station and metro down to 7th & Figueroa and have a brisk walk from there.
It’s hard for me to understand why the downtown Laemmle could not stay open. There are as many or more residents living closer to the Laeemle and hotels like the Bonaventure are nearby. I did attend a few movies in 2009 and patronage was very small; I’m amazed-I used to live out of a suitcase and would occasionally find a local movie complex to break the routine. Laemmle should have had advertising in the nearby hotels.
They now have reserved seating for the Premiere Cinema, and it signals that the theater is doing very poorly. For instance, last night’s prime show of JACKASS 3D—blowing up practically everywhere with a predicted $50M weekend—had less than 100 people. So far, there are a whopping TWO pre-sales for that same show tonight.
I live less than half a mile from the theater, but I have not been and have no desire to go. With so many superior venues within a 20 minute drive, why would I?
I caught the 7PM Saturday show of Harry Potter at the Premiere theater with about 350 seats filled out of 800. The seats are the most comfortable I have sat in along with the Paramount Studios theater.
Although I live in N Hollywood I love LA Live. I have attended six movies at the Regal, a jazz concert at the Grammy Museum, a dance competition in the grand ballroom of the Marriott and the circus at Staples Center. Add in the convention center, all the restaurants and clubs, the Ritz Carlton, the Regal has a lot to draw from.