Park Theatre
37411 Fremont Boulevard,
Fremont,
CA
94536
37411 Fremont Boulevard,
Fremont,
CA
94536
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Additional Info
Architects: Alexander Aimwell Cantin
Styles: Streamline Moderne
Previous Names: Center Theatre, Cine Azteca, ABC Center, Naz Cinema
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
510.797.6666
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News About This Theater
- Dec 1, 2010 — Former Center Theater in Fremont to become Afghan cultural center
- Jul 28, 2009 — Theater plan moves to center stage in Fremont
First movie theatre to open in this district, which today is in Fremont, CA. At the time it opened, in 1946, it was located in the town of Centerville. The theatre seats 700 and has a balcony and a stage area.
The theatre showed movies until the early-1970’s, then became a discount theatre, then briefly showed porn, then went back to second-run films. It became a Spanish language theatre from 1978 to 1986 and was called Cine Azteca.
In 1986, it became the ABC Center and showed first run films until 1988. In the early-1990’s, it became the Naz Cinema, the first Indian language theatre in the San Francisco Bay Area and was quite successful.
The Naz Cinema operation moved to the Fremont Hub shopping center in 2000 and the Center Theatre was then shuttered.
The Center Theatre briefly housed a church from late-2001 into 2002. The building was sold to a company named CA Cinema, and in Summer of 2007, it was re-opened as the Park Theatre, screening Indian movies. New projection and digital sound equipment have been installed, as well as stadium seating.
In late-2010, it was announced the Park Theatre would become an Afghan cultural center, and broadcast studio.
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To add to last comment, website is www.cacinema.com They show movies from South India (Telogu) language.
According to the blog which provided this relatively recent photo, the theater is in the Little Kabul section of Fremont:
http://tinyurl.com/2gohnf
Now open as the Park Cinema. Shows 1st run south asian films (i.e. Indian subcontinent). They have installed state of the art projection and DTS equipment and stadium seating.
Their website appears to have been last updated on January 4, 2010. Anyone know if this place is still open?
This now slated to become an Afghan cultural arts center and broadcasting studio: View link
Here is a picture of this theater from a few days ago: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vokoban/5465477287/
“Open (Showing Movies)” isn’t the right designation. There are few signs of life in the “Afghan Cultural Center”. Last time I was nearby, they had a sign up for a one-off event several months prior (I forget what, but it wasn’t a film), and the proprietor of Da Afghanan Kabab House next door says that nothing happens there.
A May, 2011, report from the Fremont planning commission has some information about the Center Theatre. The house was built by the Salih Brothers, and was owned and operated by the Salih family until 1973. Salih Brothers was a major contracting company which built many theaters and other buildings in California. The architect of the Center Theatre was A. A. Cantin.
The theatre has been closed for several years now and does not appear well cared for. the two retail spaces flanking the entrance are in operation.
This reopened as ABC Center on June 4th, 1986. Small grand opening ad posted.