Regal Edwards West Covina & Screen X

The Edwards West Covina Stadium 18 opened on February 21, 1997 in the Lakes Center and has been operated by Regal Entertainment Group since 2000. By 2005 all of the shops and restaurants were open and a grand opening was celebrated in August of 2005.

Five years later things had changed drastically. The San Gabriel Valley Tribune reported in December of 2010 that the struggling Lakes Center had fallen into foreclosure and was taken over by Bank of America. Popular chains that had left the center include Best Buy, Barnes and Noble, Macaroni Grill, Fatburger, DSW and Starbucks. In January of 2011 a San Gabriel Valley reporter, who walked around the center described the Lakes Center as “ghost town".

In 2013 the Edwards Theatre was nearly alone in the center with nine other spaces for lease for shops or restaurants.

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rivest266 on August 4, 2016 at 5:08 pm

February 21st, 1997 grand opening ad in photo section.

Spectrum Entertainment on March 22, 2022 at 9:22 am

This cinema’s opening films include The Empire Strikes Back: Special Edition (Digital/Dolby; four screens), Absolute Power (Dolby; three screens), Rosewood (Dolby, two screens), In Love and War (Dolby), Marvin’s Room (Dolby), Fools Rush In (Dolby), Sling Blade (Digital sound), Secrets & Lies (Digital Sound), Mother (Digital sound), Shine (Digital sound), Blood and Wine (Digital sound), People vs Larry Flint, and Everyone Says I Love You. Its full name is: “Regal Edwards West Covina & ScreenX.”