Also on a side note I just realized the main lobby mural is based off the poster for “This is Cinerama” but with the Bakersfield sign…wouldn’t be surprised if this was intentional knowing Pacific also owned the Cinerama dome
Auditorium 15 has been upgraded to Reading Cinemas' premium TITAN LUXE format, and is currently upgrading every seat to recliners. Alternatively, theater name is currently Reading Cinemas Valley Plaza IMAX + TITAN LUXE
Unknown when it happened but it appears the theater was gutted sometime between it’s closure and February 2025 (photos I have somewhere show the gutted lobby; another photo from an article posted 2 months after my stop through in Davis shows another section gutted)
Was looking on the old Century website on archive.org and found a January 2005 web capture supposedly states there was at one point a 14 screen theater set to open in the area in Summer 2006
Judging by later captures in 2006 removing the date to an unspecified “coming soon” I’m assuming the plans eventually fell through alongside Cinemark’s later purchase of the Century brand and locations
According to an old article I found, this used to be the location of Edwards Cinemas’ headquarters before their merger into the Regal Entertainment Group in 2002…
No clue why “By 2022 it had an XD screen” is here considering this theater was built with a XD screen rather than having one retrofitted to XD
Also on a side note I just realized the main lobby mural is based off the poster for “This is Cinerama” but with the Bakersfield sign…wouldn’t be surprised if this was intentional knowing Pacific also owned the Cinerama dome
Auditorium 15 has been upgraded to Reading Cinemas' premium TITAN LUXE format, and is currently upgrading every seat to recliners. Alternatively, theater name is currently Reading Cinemas Valley Plaza IMAX + TITAN LUXE
Currently named Regal Edwards Fairfield on the Regal website, although some places call it Regal Edwards Fairfield & IMAX
Auditorium 2 is now a ScreenX screen as of November 2025, theater renamed to Cinemark Century Arden XD and ScreenX
Unknown when it happened but it appears the theater was gutted sometime between it’s closure and February 2025 (photos I have somewhere show the gutted lobby; another photo from an article posted 2 months after my stop through in Davis shows another section gutted)
Will be demolished for housing despite multiple attempts to save it by the community.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI4RanrhA3G/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
Currently a Big 5 Sporting Goods store as of October 2024.
Was looking on the old Century website on archive.org and found a January 2005 web capture supposedly states there was at one point a 14 screen theater set to open in the area in Summer 2006
Judging by later captures in 2006 removing the date to an unspecified “coming soon” I’m assuming the plans eventually fell through alongside Cinemark’s later purchase of the Century brand and locations
This might actually be theater 14 since I watched something yesterday in there and this was actually the mural inside
Correction: the other theater is located in Santa Clara, not San Francisco.
This theater and another Showplace ICON theater in Mountain View have been purchased by Alamo Drafthouse and should be open by next summer.
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/alamo-drafthouse-san-francisco-new-theaters-1236232235/
This theater and another Showplace ICON theater in San Francisco have been purchased by Alamo Drafthouse and should be open by next summer.
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/alamo-drafthouse-san-francisco-new-theaters-1236232235/
Dunno about the OG seating capacity but the current seating capacity post-Luxury Recliners remodel is 1,159
Seating capacity per screen: 1 - 85 2 - 87 3 - 75 4 - 79 5 - 68 6 - 53 7 - 133 8 - 133 9 - 53 10 - 68 11 - 79 12 - 75 13 - 86 14 - 85
Auditorium #1 is now a ScreenX auditorium as of October 2022, with all screens having laser projection as of September 2023.
Auditorium #12 is a ScreenX auditorium as of November 2022.
Reopened as of May 2023 under independent ownership.
Passed by it today (9/3/23) advertising “Barbie”, “Oppenheimer”, “Equalizer 3” and “Golda” on the marquee.
According to an old article I found, this used to be the location of Edwards Cinemas’ headquarters before their merger into the Regal Entertainment Group in 2002…
Theater site is now a parking lot as of 2019-ish.
Seems like tomorrow will be the last day of operation for the theater. Doesn’t help with Westfield announcing that they’re selling off the mall.
Now permanently closed.
Seems to be closing once again on April 2 due to lack of major releases and lower attendance than pre-COVID levels
Landmark seems to be acquiring this theater; will assume operations in June
https://deadline.com/2023/02/landmark-theatres-sunset-5-1235258708/
Theatre 13 is now a ScreenX screen as of April 2022.
The last mention of the theater in the San Francisco Examiner seems to be on January 16, 2000.