AMC Broadway 4
1441 3rd Street Promenade,
Santa Monica,
CA
90401
1441 3rd Street Promenade,
Santa Monica,
CA
90401
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This theater is located on Santa Monica’s popular 3rd Street Promenade, in the heart of downtown Santa Monica. It opened October 27, 1989 as Cineplex Odeon Broadway Cinemas with seating provided for 1,121 in the four auditoriums. It was closed in May 2015 for renovations to be carried out and reopened in July 2015 with a reduced seating capacity.
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Sounds like this theater will be around until their lease expires in 2014. What a waste of space. Would be great to have an Arclight and a new arthouse theater on the promenade, instead of 3 shoddy multiplexes.
I think I posted it on the Santa Monica 7’s page… but why do city councils think a reduction in seats will mean a reduction in traffic? All those old tired regulations about X parking spaces per seat make no sense in a day where people are coming to see a convenient showtime. If anything it’s the number of screens that dictates traffic.
With the AMC 7 and the Criterion 6 closing, the new 12-plex would be one less screen and one less convenient showtime that would get people into their cars and into a parking space.
AMC has withdrawn their proposal to build a new theater in Santa Monica: view article
This theatre is currently closed. As small signs state in the box office, improvements underway. And I could tell that is indeed the case.
Went to see Shaun the Sheep at this place today. It reopened back in mid July. All Cineplex odeon decor is totally gone. AMC said there is more work to be done. I took some cellphone pics.
When I worked for Cineplex Odeon in 1991-1993, this was the seating for the Broadway Cinemas:
1: 176
2: 395
3: 325
4: 225
Theatre 2 was 70mm capable.
Today, the seating has changed:
1: 64
2: 138
3: 120
4: 66
October 27th, 1989 grand opening ad in photo section.
Does anyone know if the 2 upstairs theaters ever had balconies? It looks like it.
Fun fact: I’ve heard that this Cineplex is where Disney held the premiere for Mighty Joe Young in 1998.
Another grand opening ad posted.