Hoyts Berkeley Mission Bay

DavidSimpson on December 1, 2024 at 12:34 pm

Nowadays, the Berkeley occupies the first floor of the original cinema building. There are restaurants across the original frontage at street level, and the cinema’s rather under-stated entrance is at the left hand corner. A wide staircase takes patrons up to the very large, and equally comfortable, foyer/lounge. From there, the four screens are accessed via a long central corridor (see the layout on the photograph of the ‘Emergency Procedures’ notice).

According to a member of staff, this modernisation took place around the late 1960s/early 1970s. The Berkeley presumably went from a single screen (stalls and circle) to today’s four auditoriums. The “13 screens” in the header is incorrect.

The way the four auditoriums have been laid out results in them being a similar size. Seating capacities are: Cinema 1:80, Cinema 2:79, Cinema 3:75 and Cinema 4:75; a total of 309.