Scene One Spectrum 8 Theatres
290 Delaware Avenue,
Albany,
NY
12209
290 Delaware Avenue,
Albany,
NY
12209
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please update open as of April 24, grsnd reopening ad in photos
The Landmark Spectrum 8 closes on February 28, 2024 as Landmark continues to wind down operations of its lease-ending properties. Rumors have a new operator thinking about taking on the location..
Please update, total seats 985
Seating capacity 1. 108 2. 133 3 and 4. 186 5. 71 6. 69 7. 143 8. 89 Source: Landmark Theatres rsvp seating maps
The original owners sold to Landmark Theaters and the theather is now the Landmark though they sort of keep the original Spectrum 8 name. No other changes, still top notch.
You’re right, 699 was the original capacity for the Delaware Theatre.
I enjoyed the delaware theatre as a young boy in the 1970’s with friends and family.
I believe it actually seats 990.
Just saw Peace, Love and Misunderstanding at the Spectrum. As part of the slide show they present before the show they show a slide stating that the theater is now self powering with 216 solar panels installed on the roof.
great place, go all the time…remember seeing “Bound” and during the racy lesbian scenes a couple of hillbillies from East Berne or something snorted and guffawed…most patrons found them quite entertaining…
This is part of an August 2007 article in the Albany Times-Union:
Aug. 10—Outside the Spectrum 8 movie theater in Albany, the midday sky is a blazing iridescent blue. But lower your gaze just a bit to the northern wall of the theater, and the sky abruptly transforms into an angry red, crowded with dozens of spectral crows. Below are several human silhouettes in various poses, some staring up at a giant, crouching man whose eyes appear to bulge out to his upper lip.
Despite the fact that the scene on the wall evokes a cold, storm-soaked feeling, the Albany artists who go by the names Mr. Prvrt, Dwell and One Unit are still sweating, shielding their faces from the hot sun as they map out their next move.
For the past few weeks, the three street artists have spent nearly every day outside the Spectrum, painting this colossal mural that will cover the entire 30-foot-high-100-foot-long wall, which leads from the rear parking lot to the front of the building on Delaware Avenue.
“It’s more street art,” said Dwell. “It’s shoved down your throat like graffiti should be.”
Here are some ad mats from when it was the Cinema Delaware:
http://plantweed.blogspot.com/search?q=delaware
This theatre gives the mature audience a chance to see quality films
in the New York State Capitol region.
The Spectrum originally opened in 1940 or 41 as Stanley Warner’s DELAWARE Theatre. Much of the original is still in place; original entrance doors and box office, auditorium ceiling mural (original house is split in two), and lobby deco touches. Great place to see a movie!