AMC Gateway 8
2501 S. Gateway Center,
Federal Way,
WA
98003
2501 S. Gateway Center,
Federal Way,
WA
98003
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Previously operated by: AMC Theatres, Galaxy Theatre Corporation, General Cinema Corp., Starplex Cinemas
Firms: The Architectural Group (TAG)
Previous Names: Starplex Gateway 8, Gateway 8 Movies
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The Gateway 8 was opened on February 10, 1989 by General Cinema Corp. It was located in a plaza style shopping complex that contained a REI and a health food store. The theater closed on September 29, 2000 and was reopened by Galaxy Theaters on December 15, 2000.
Plans were made to add additional screens but were never executed due to a bankruptcy filing by the shopping center’s owner. Galaxy sold the theaters to Starplex Cinemas in February 2005. Taken over by AMC December 16, 2015. It was closed on December 5, 2019. It was demolished in September 2020.
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Closed. Last show was 12/05/2019
Demolished September of 2020 with “Cinema” signage from its “General Cinema” roots still on the backside of the building at its razing
As for the first run/subrun discussion from 2007. When Starplex took over in 2005, they were fully aware there would be a need to convert to subrun down the line and the theatre continued to make good money after the switch. Also, after Cinemark purchased Century in 2006, there was somewhat of a link involved. Cinemark founder/chairman Lee Roy Mitchell was financially involved in Starplex at the time. So, it was a win/win scenario behind the scenes.
Architectural sketches were by The Architectural Group in Mobile, Alabama or TAG
September 2020 article with demo photos.
https://www.kentreporter.com/business/show-is-over-for-federal-ways-gateway-movies-8-theater/?fbclid=IwAR0nD9Tamrf9AApBxGda-6pgtMCbE9wrLuh28tfVVCHBn_k1-EWFFkux8e4
Above link shortened. Gateway
Grand opening ad posted.
closed September 29th, 2000, by General Cinema and reopened by Galaxy on December 15th, 2000. article posted
They going put a light rail there.
Back in 2009, the theatre experienced a rather unique after-hours robbery. In addition to emptying the safe, the thief left behind a note which detailed how security inadequacies had allowed him to commit his crime and listed various performance shortcomings by the theatre’s general manager. And, if leaving a written report wasn’t odd enough, the guy actually signed the note (revealing himself as the property’s security guard). Between signing an admission of his crime and “skipping town” with a less than life changing sub $5,000, the thief didn’t manage to stay on the run for long. However, his note did prove to be productive, as Starplex investigated the items in his critique; ultimately resulting in an overhaul of the theatre’s management team. Perhaps, the world’s first operations audit robbery.