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This week’s announcement that ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres will not reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic sent local moviegoers and filmmakers into mourning, especially those who considered the historic Cinerama Dome their second Hollywood home. Luminaries like Rian Johnson, Edgar Wright and Aubrey Plaza joined the outpouring.
While most industry insiders expect prime locations such as the Cinerama Dome on Sunset Boulevard to eventually return under new operators, it was a stunning end for a chain that seemed to do everything right, from its craft cocktail bars to its comfortable seats and online reservations system.
Beyond the high-end ArcLight theaters, the Pacific locations at the Grove and the Americana at Brand were also highly trafficked destinations with loyal followings.
How the Cinerama Dome Became a Hollywood Landmark
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The historic venue opened Nov. 7, 1963 with the world premiere of Stanley Kramer s It s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Monday s announcement that the historic Cinerama Dome in Hollywood in addition to ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres additional 15 locations has closed for good due to unrecoverable pandemic-year losses resulted in an outpouring of tributes from dejected filmmakers and cinephiles for reasons that are justifiable.
The 70-foot-high concrete geodesic dome, which sits prominently on Sunset Boulevard near the intersection of Vine Street, is a landmark and recognizable symbol of Hollywood s motion picture industry, even appearing in films such as Quentin Tarantino s 60s set
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In a stunning blow to moviegoers in Southern California, the owner of Pacific Theatres and ArcLight Cinemas said Monday the popular cinema locations will not reopen as Hollywood struggles to recover from the pandemic.
“After shutting our doors more than a year ago, today we must share the difficult and sad news that Pacific will not be reopening its ArcLight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres locations,” Pacific Theatres said in a statement. “This was not the outcome anyone wanted, but despite a huge effort that exhausted all potential options, the company does not have a viable way forward.”
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