Regal Edwards Fresno ScreenX, 4DX & IMAX 21

The Fresno Bee covered the opening of the $20 million Edwards Fresno Stadium 21, which opened on May 19, 1998 in the Marketplace at River Park. 5,000 tickets were sold in the first five hours where “Godzilla” was playing on 12 of the 21 screens in the 4,500-seat complex.

The painting of the building took 20 painters, working seven days a week, 1-½ months. There are two lobby murals, which cost $30,000 each. Ten ticket windows and three snack bars, with the longest at 125 feet, were built to handle the crowds.

The 281-seat small IMAX screen, detached from the main theater, opened on November 19, 1999. The screen with dimensions of 52’x70’ was said to be smaller than the Edwards Ontario Mills IMAX.

In April of 2000 the Bee noted that Edwards helped to drive out of business six older theaters in Fresno. Edwards Theatres has been part of Regal Entertainment Group since 2002.

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Joe Vogel on August 14, 2013 at 8:57 pm

Edwards Fresno Stadium 22 was designed by the Kansas City architectural firm TK Architects, headed by Ted Knapp, AIA.

rivest266 on February 18, 2021 at 10:54 pm

Details Edwards 21 details Sun, May 17, 1998 – 103 · The Fresno Bee (Fresno, California) · Newspapers.com

rivest266 on February 18, 2021 at 11:06 pm

Grand opening ad: Edwards Fresno 21 opening Mon, May 18, 1998 – 36 · The Fresno Bee (Fresno, California) · Newspapers.com

rivest266 on February 24, 2021 at 10:10 pm

IMAX theatre in the separate building opened on November 19th, 1999. Grand opening ad posted.

rivest266 on February 24, 2021 at 10:14 pm

IMAX ad: Edwards IMAX opening Fri, Nov 19, 1999 – 69 · The Fresno Bee (Fresno, California) · Newspapers.com

rivest266 on May 28, 2021 at 1:55 pm

Completely rebuilt, separate IMAX building closed, Edwards name removed per