AMC AVCO Center

10840 Wilshire Boulevard,
Los Angeles, CA 90024

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After the split.

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Formerly the AVCO Center Cinemas, this theatre did bang-up business, especially on the weekends – with lines snaking down the block. It was closed on December 6, 2011.

In July 2012, iPic Entertainment announced plans to build a new 480 seat theatre on this site. Slated to open in early-2013, the theatre will feature six auditoriums seating between 60 and 80 people. Reclining chairs, pillows, and blankets will be provided and at the push of a button, moviegoers can summon waiters for meals and cocktails.

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CSWalczak
CSWalczak on August 5, 2012 at 8:44 pm

Well, if what you are essentially saying is true, BRADE48, then this IPic will be operating differently than its other nine current locations. If you look at the IPic website, the offerings at its current eight or nine other locations are almost all mainstream releases (all are playing “Dark Knight” and “Total Recall”). They are few art or independent films.

BRADE48
BRADE48 on August 6, 2012 at 4:20 am

I don’t know. don’t know what the other theatres are in the areas those movies are playing. I’m just guessing that “unless double booked” big blockbusters are not going to show in a 80 seat screen when there are 1,000 seats across Wilshire Blvd. But it is just spectulation on my part, who knows these days. It may not be the powerhouse it once was but I think there is still respect for the Village, studios are still buying big murals for the tower, it still hold premieres there and it may have a 70mm exclusive of The Master this fall. Maybe since iPic theatres are essentially restuarants that show movies they will get day and date with the Village.

fieldight
fieldight on September 21, 2012 at 12:15 pm

ANYONE REMEMBER FIELD OF DREAMS PLAYING HERE? I SAW IT OPENING NIGHT 1989 AND IT WAS A NEAR RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE. On the behind the scenes of the Field of Dreams DVD, the director speaks of the first showings at the Westwood Avco and how it was a special experience.

gman037
gman037 on September 26, 2012 at 5:35 pm

I believe I saw the original Die Hard here. The Dolby made the sound of bullets echo in the back of the theater.

Danny Baldwin
Danny Baldwin on September 27, 2012 at 3:31 am

Brad— I don’t imagine double-booking will be a problem. The iPic less than a mile from the ArcLight Pasadena plays basically all the same stuff.

stepwest
stepwest on November 30, 2012 at 12:14 am

For sake of clarity, in September of 1993 General Cinema made the horrible “business decision” to split the famous Avco Cinema 1 into two auditoriums. This evil deed was done long before AMC took over after GCC’s demise. Some of the finest moviegoing experiences of my life took place in that magical room. It is missed.

Richie_T
Richie_T on March 15, 2013 at 9:41 pm

Anybody know when this place relaunches…?

mistertopps
mistertopps on May 30, 2013 at 7:29 am

This is very much under construction right now. If you peer through boards, you can see that the entire place has been gutted. It doesn’t appear that they are keeping anything of the original Avco except the foundation and really just the shell of the building.

Chris Utley
Chris Utley on May 30, 2013 at 5:48 pm

New article on CT’s front page says that they found asbestos causing delays that will, at best, push the opening to Thanksgiving 2013. At worst, sometime in 2014.

CStefanic
CStefanic on June 10, 2013 at 6:12 pm

Drove by it this morning. Looks almost completely gutted. Hope they restore it to the original decor it once showcased back when the biggies were hitting the screen.

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