AMC Sea-Tac North
31600 20th Avenue S,
Federal Way,
WA
98003
31600 20th Avenue S,
Federal Way,
WA
98003
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Previously operated by: AMC Theatres
Previous Names: AMC Center Plaza 6, AMC Sea-Tac 7-12.
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On May 25, 1983 another 12 screens named AMC Center Plaza 6 was opened across from the original AMC Sea-Tac South (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures). They were combined in 1984. Closed on August 22, 2002. A 1980’s era theatre judging by the dark brick rounded-edge exterior, paint-by-numbered walls of movie stars and earthy-brown stripe color scheme on the interior.
Bought by city recently and slated for demolition.
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The AMC Seatac North was actually opened sometime during the early to mid 1980s. The original theater, AMC Seatac South was located in the Seatac Mall and opened in 1975. It was AMC’s first location in Washington state.
AMC renamed the Seatac North as the AMC Center Plaza in its later years.
It was the AMC style of the early 1980s. The AMC Narrows Plaza in Tacoma is a dead ringer, although it does not have the movie star mural in the lobby.
I got a little mixed up in my July 5 post. This theater opened as the Center Plaza 6. The name was changed to Seatac North in its later years.
The Center Plaza 6/Seatac North open ed in May 1983. Return of the Jedi was one of the opening films. Anyone know if it has been demolished yet?
Last time I drove by (about two months ago), it was still standing, but vacant.
It was demolished over a year ago.
The cinemas in the mall opened on November 19th, 1975 and the stand-alone building opened as Center Plaza 6 on May 25th, 1983. It was renamed Sea Tac 7-12 in 1984. Grand opening ads in the photo section.
Over the years between 2004 and 2008 or so, multiple mixed-used tower development projects were proposed by different developers, all of which fell through. The first was Symphony by United Partners, the second was an unnamed Korean project by Twin Development. The last proposal was to be the crowning achievement of architect Hisham N. Ashkouri, but after multiple extensions (and multiple assurances) he was (like the prior developers) ultimately unable to secure funding.
In 2014, after many years of lying fallow, the footprint of the building (bordered by its original foundation brick) was seeded with grass, the lot was repaved (leaving much of the original curbing in place), and it was opened in July 2014 as Town Square Park. After it was well received, the city invested in a proper park design and it reopened in July 2016. It is expected to be a complement to the in-development Performing Arts And Civic Center (PACC) to be built on the adjacent former Toys ‘R’ Us site.
Meanwhile in 2007 a 17-screen Century Theater opened in the former SeaTac Mall (now The Commons at Federal Way). The 8 screen in Gateway Center still exists, but it is now a Starplex and shows second-runs for $2.
The original SeaTac 6 opened its doors by AMC on November 19, 1975. A second 6-screener nearby named the AMC Center Plaza 6 opened on May 25, 1983 across from the original SeaTac 6.
Both theaters were combined the following year in 1984, with the original SeaTac 6 becoming the AMC SeaTac 1-6, and the Center Plaza 6 becoming the AMC SeaTac 7-12. During the end of its operation, the SeaTac 1-6 was known as the AMC Sea-Tac South, while the SeaTac 7-12 was known as the AMC Sea-Tac North.
The AMC Sea-Tac North at 31600 20th Avenue South is the former Center Plaza 6 that opened on May 25, 1983 and closed on August 22, 2002. The original Sea-Tac South that opened in 1975 will have its own CT page soon.