AMC Broadway 4
1441 3rd Street Promenade,
Santa Monica,
CA
90401
1441 3rd Street Promenade,
Santa Monica,
CA
90401
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AMC closed here following the September 22, 2024 showtimes opting not to renew its lease.
It is indeed closed, per the AMC website. AMC has only two 4-screens in operation now, and both were hand-me-downs, just like this one.
I wonder who’s gonna scoop it up!
According to “Save Arclight Cinemas” “X” posting -this theatre is permanently closed. No details given there, but given the run down nature of this venue and other theatre a couple blocks down might be the reasons. Also can AMC run a theatre with only 4 screens?
Another grand opening ad posted.
Fun fact: I’ve heard that this Cineplex is where Disney held the premiere for Mighty Joe Young in 1998.
Does anyone know if the 2 upstairs theaters ever had balconies? It looks like it.
October 27th, 1989 grand opening ad in photo section.
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
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.
This theatre is currently closed. As small signs state in the box office, improvements underway. And I could tell that is indeed the case.
AMC has withdrawn their proposal to build a new theater in Santa Monica: view article
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.
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.
There’s an article in today’s Santa Monica Daily Press about the attempt to close the Broadway. It starts on the front page:
http://www.smdp.com/pdf/120810.pdf
Pacific and Arclight had a proposal on the table also. Too bad AMC is steamrolling ahead. A SM Arclight would be fantastic and classier than anything AMC errects. AMC is just awful.
Editorial on page 4:
http://www.smdp.com/pdf/041910.pdf
Did AMC lie about closing the Broadway to gain an advantage in the bidding process? Stay tuned.
And Scott: Regency Theatres' deal with the owner of the Fairfax involved them assuming more responsibility for building upkeep for a lower overall rent. And it’s not that the landlord wants AMC to stay, it’s that he wants to continue doing business as a theater — something that will be denied him if the city refuses to renew his CUP.
Again, see my post from Sept 11…
This has been the problem all along. The city and AMC may want the Broadway closed, but they don’t own the building. It’s good to hear that the owner is fighting them, however. What it seems like to me is that the city is working with AMC to reduce competition. So much for our free market economy.
I enjoy that the building owner wants the tennant to make a capital investment in their property. In my experience in the theatre business that’s not usually how it works. If the landlord wants AMC to stay, he needs to make a capital investment.
The future of this theater may have become murky; according to this article, although AMC wants to close the theater; the building’s owner wants to keep it as a cinema: View link
If Fandango does not have a misprint—questionable—then AMC has equipped the place with a digital projector. Must not be doing TOO poorly if true.
Thanks Don S.
See my post from Sept 11…
tlsloews: the exterior is vintage, but the insides look like any other soulless multiplex theater.
Thanks for the info CWalczak.
This theater’s days are probably numbered; AMC is in negotiations with the City of Santa Monica to build a new theater nearby, and the closing of this theater appears to be a condition for the project to move ahead. The City wants to avoid an “oversaturation” of theaters. Here is an article about the situation: View link
Nice looking theatre.