Regal UA Staten Island & RPX

ridethectrain on July 18, 2023 at 10:17 pm

After serving the borough for 22 years, this Staten Island movie theater to close its doors for good Thursday Published: Jul. 18, 2023, 12:41 p.m.

By Jessica Jones-Gorman | STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The Regal UA in Mariners Harbor will prep its final batches of popcorn and show its last film this week: According to an alert on the movie theater’s website, the longstanding borough business will close its doors for good on Thursday, July 20.

Located at 2474 Forest Ave., across the street from Home Depot, the theater is one of Staten Island’s largest, containing 16 screens and over 3,500 seats.

Its closure comes after the theater chain’s parent company, Cineworld, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January, rejecting leases for dozens of its movie houses. Cineworld recently amended its plan for reorganization, The Hollywood Reporter noted, establishing a newly incorporated company, “NewCo,” to become the sole owner of Cineworld when it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this month. That change reportedly sparked more closures, with several local news agencies reporting that theaters will soon shutter in Illinois, Texas, Indiana, Kansas and Pennsylvania.

Regal Cinemas is considered the second-largest theater chain in the United States behind AMC, operating more than 500 locations throughout the nation. According to Advance/SILive records, the Mariners Harbor location was originally opened by United Artists in November 2001. It was updated and equipped as a Regal Premium Experience (RPX) in 2014, when the company added immersive sound effects and laser projector\ After shuttering during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Regal location remained closed even when movie houses were permitted to be open. In January 2021 it was listed “For Lease,” but eventually reopened on May 7, 2021, still operated by Regal.

The theater’s final day will include showings of “Barbie,” “Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning” and “Sound of Freedom.” According to Regal UA’s website, the final show will be at 10:20 p.m. Customers are currently being directed to the chain’s other Staten Island location, Regal Bricktown Charleston.

rivest266 on November 7, 2021 at 1:15 am

https://www.genealogybank.com/ Has the advance 1945-2016

rivest266 on November 6, 2021 at 11:47 pm

Grand opening ad posted. this cinema is now open.

rlev13 on February 13, 2021 at 9:41 pm

Theater is now closed and available for lease: https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/2474-Forest-Ave-Staten-Island-NY/21893627/

greenth1ng on September 28, 2018 at 11:10 pm

Seating capacities at this theater (via Fandango’s reserved seating service):

• Theaters 1 & 16 – 238 seats

• Theater 2 – 287 seats

• Theater 3 – 194 seats

• Theater 4 – 222 seats

• Theaters 5, 6, 11 & 12 – 166 seats

• Theaters 7 & 10 – 188 seats

• Theater 8 – 300 seats [RPX]

• Theater 9 – 352 seats

• Theater 13 – 221 seats

• Theater 14 – 195 seats

• Theater 15 – 289 seats

rivest266 on October 5, 2013 at 11:51 pm

This opened in 2001.

AdamBomb1701 on September 30, 2010 at 8:48 pm

Was this theater built on the same ground which used to hold Weissglass Stadium?