Regal Times Square
247 W. 42nd Street,
New York,
NY
10036
247 W. 42nd Street,
New York,
NY
10036
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Was at the theatre last night! The auditorium I was in was dirty, seats had gum on them (bright white lights light up the theatre) , and there was exposed sheatrock on each side of the auditorium. Looked like repair work. There are so many Loews signs as you go up the noisy escalator, it is gonna take alot of paint to cover it! Also, what a seedy crowd! Reminded me of the old 42nd Street crowd, and at 11.00 a seat. When I entered there were no admission prices posted, after I pauid my 11 bucks I asked the gifted and talented ticket seller, “Where are the admission prices”? He replied “I don’t know they never posted them” ! lol
I was on the Duece Friday night with my camera and grabbed some shots of the doomed Loew’s blade sign and its many moods:
Facade & signage
Blade w/ aqua tie-dye look
Canopy lighting
Blade w/ orange hue
Blade and marquee
Blue blade
What a great blade sign that is… The great “Loews” name and a throwback styling, plus modern technology to give the sort of splash worthy of modern day Times Square. What a shame it has to go! As William noted above, you can see that the two “Loews” signs on the marquee and the neon “42nd Street” on the prow of the canopy are not lit.
But Yahoo movie is showing it as Regal E-Walk 13: View link
Fandango seems to be the only one of the major movie-listing sites to have been properly updated, listing the theater as Regal E-Walk Stadium 13 (which is how Regal itself lists the theater).
Moviefone is wrong, just look at the way they spell “fone”…..have the other former AMC, now Regal sites changed? I know when AMC took over General Cinema it was a few months before the exterior signs switched over, and considering this is a huge sign in times square there are probably other issues there. It’s better to keep something up there (AMC didn’t cover the General Cinema signs) than nothing – Regal/UA ran the Columbia Park theater in North Bergen without a sign on it as it was “transitioning” to UA (even thought it never did and transitioned back to Regal, which made calling it UA Columbia Park pointless, where as Battery Park did actually transition to being a UA, including sign changes, but the signs now have changed to Regal). But there is no way in hell AMC would permit the site to be known as Regal Loews E-Walk.
I use Yahoo for listing the theaters I like to go to, and for this theater as AMC Loews they have “no information available” and as Regal E-Walk it’s not even listed. How do I get them to update their listings?
Well on the reader boards below the marquee that shows the films says “Regal’s E-Walk Cinema”
Still with Loews signs, after three months?
During the last few weeks, they have not been lighting up the two Loews signs and neon on the marquee. Only the large vertical Loews sign is in use.
I got mu Regal Crown Card! It is similiar to The AMC Movie watcher card!
to make that size sign also does not happen overnight
They have Regal on all the glass doors. Maybe they have not gotten all the permits for the sign. Remember this is NYC, not everything is done that fast.
Why doesn’t the name REGAL appear anywhere on the exterior of this theater??? They have had plenty of time to erect a new sign.
Very, very strange. Why leave up the name of the previous owner, Loew’s ?????? Yes, I read the postings above on this issue.
Thanks
Fandango currently lists this theater as Regal E-Walk Stadium 13 (with only 6 features listed, although 2 of them are in heavily staggered rotation in several auditriums apiece). Moviefone, which does not offer online ticketing for this facility, is somewhat behind the times, still lists it as AMC Loews 42nd Street E-Walk.
AMC has indeed adopted the “AMC Loews” name for the former Loews and Cineplex Odeon Theatres. AMC also adopeted the “AMC Magic Johnson” name for Magic Johnson Theatres, and “AMC Star” for Star Theatres.
I was shocked to read in Yahoo Movies that “This theater is permanently closed.” So I came straight here and am relieved to find out that it is alive and well as a Regal Cinema.
I think AMC will definitely continue to use the name – in its hybrid “AMC Loews” form. But the point is that Regal – which now runs the E-Walk – will not be able to continue using the Loews brand.
Hasn’t AMC adopted the “AMC Loews” name as its corporate name for the acquired theaters? Loew’s has a very powerful and historic name in the New York metroplitan area and I think it would would incredibly stupid of AMC to throw that away. The Loew’s name should stay, even if it has to be paired with AMC.
Especially since AMC is continuing to operate many theatres (such as Boston Common) under the Loews brand.
Although Regal operates many theatres under the original names of theatre chains they assimilated even though those chains no longer exist as a corporate entity (United Artists is a prime example of this), I doubt that Regal could legally retain the Loews name lest they want to incur the ire of AMC.
But since it’s in the Times Square market area, Regal might change it out pretty quick.
Those signs could be up for a long time. There are plenty of theatres across the U.S. that still have signs for a chain that has not been in charge for many years.
I guess the title for this “Treasure” should be changed to Regal E-Walk"! I’ll miss the beautiful Loew’s sign. It won’t be the same if they change it to Regal.
The newspaper ads say Regal Entertainment, but the LOEWS signs are still up at the Theatre! In fact the LOEWS Theatres Signs are still up at the Virgin Megastore and the Loes State has been closed for months!
Fandango now lists this as the Regal E-Walk Stadium 13.