AMC Santa Anita 16

400 Baldwin Avenue,
Arcadia, CA 91007

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Additional Info

Operated by: AMC Theatres

Firms: STK Architects

Functions: Movies (First Run)

Phone Numbers: Box Office: 626.321.4270

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AMC Santa Anita 16

The AMC Santa Anita 16 opened on Friday, October 1st, 2004. This theatre is located in the Santa Anita Mall’s new wing, between Macy’s (which was Robinsons-May when the theatre opened) and J.C. Penney.

This theatre replaces an old GCC four-plex that closed in the mid-1990’s (today that site is an Old Navy).

Contributed by Jeff Arellano

Recent comments (view all 11 comments)

BradE41
BradE41 on October 19, 2004 at 11:47 pm

I frequented the GGC theatres when I was a child. My family would go to the Racetrack and drop me off to the mall. They were small but they played first run movies. I remember the run of “Grease” was forever.

stickemup84
stickemup84 on October 20, 2004 at 6:53 pm

One word, beautiful. You would never think that there could be 16 screens in there, but they really did it. As soon as you approach the theater doors there are little details that sets AMC Santa Anita apart. The first being the various quotes from some of the most memorable movies ever made. Then, almost naturally, you look up to see paintings of those same movies' characters. Wow! The new theater is rightly located upstairs and away from most of the mall madness. They have their own escalator that they share with another excellent addition, Dave and Buster’s.

R143
R143 on October 20, 2004 at 8:36 pm

I was also only in the old theater once when I was visiting a relative near there but the theaters were terrible.
I should check the new one out next time I am in the area.

mattepntr
mattepntr on November 13, 2004 at 6:25 am

They WERE terrible, but when you’re a kid, you didn’t care. It was
THE MOVIES!! I remember when “Grease” played there! And “The Shining”. “Coma”. “King Kong”…..

I haven’t been to the new wing of the mall, but a friend went and said it was truly beautiful architecture!! A mall?!?! Apparently so!

Michael R. Rambo Jr.
Michael R. Rambo Jr. on June 30, 2005 at 6:40 am

The new Senior Operations Manager at the AMC Santa Anita 16 came from the theatre I work at, the AMC Neshaminy 24, in Bensalem, PA. He started with AMC at the AMc (Former GCC) Franklin Mills 14, in Philadelphia, PA

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on April 8, 2008 at 7:48 am

This complex was designed by STK Architects.

Droog
Droog on June 23, 2009 at 10:39 am

I remember the old theater, saw Back to the Future, Breakfast Club, Splash, and others I don’t remember there.

Krikorianguy
Krikorianguy on March 20, 2013 at 2:17 pm

I went to see Pooh’s Heffalump Movie here, And the auditorium was really cold. Then in 2006 I saw “Superman Returns” here as well, I Don’t remember seeing any movie here after that

rivest266
rivest266 on August 4, 2016 at 9:19 pm

October 1st, 2004 grand opening ad in photo section.

MrWolf98
MrWolf98 on June 26, 2023 at 5:12 pm

I went to the IMAX website because the IMAX here is closed currently and I discovered that it is being upgraded to IMAX laser finally an IMAX laser theater near me.

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